Old Fashioned Butter Nut Cake

Name: Old Fashioned Butter Nut Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 - 14
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 c crisco (not oil, the stuff in the can!); 2 c sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla, butter & nut flavoring; 2 1/2 c all purpose flour; 1/2 c self rising flour; 1 c milk, whole; 4 eggs; ICING; 2 c powdered sugar; 4 Tbsp canned milk (pet or carnation); 1/2 c butter; 1/2 tsp vanilla, butter & nut flavoring

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By Deb Finney
@DebFinney

This cake is divine and NOT HEALTHY. :-)

This recipe came from my aunt, who got it from my grandmother. (She died before I was born and was making this cake in the 40s and 50s, according to my dad).

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

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Serves:

12 - 14

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

1 Hr

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

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1 c

crisco (not oil, the stuff in the can!)
2 c

sugar
1 Tbsp

vanilla, butter & nut flavoring
2 1/2 c

all purpose flour
1/2 c

self rising flour
1 c

milk, whole
4

eggs
ICING
2 c

powdered sugar
4 Tbsp

canned milk (pet or carnation)
1/2 c

butter
1/2 tsp

vanilla, butter & nut flavoring

How to Make Old Fashioned Butter Nut Cake

Step-by-Step

Cream crisco and mix in sugar
Add eggs, one at a time and beat
Mix flour together and add to mixture
Add milk and flavor. Beat and pour into a bundt pan sprayed with cooking spray (such as Pam) or two round cake pans.
Bake at 325 for one hour.
Cream butter until fluffy. Add part of the powdered sugar and beat. Continue adding sugar and milk in small batches and beat until very fluffy. Stir in flavoring. Frost/Ice your cake.