50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- DARK SPICE CAKE

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DARK SPICE CAKE

From the Kitchen of: Pepper

1	cup	butter or margarine, softened
1	cup	sugar
6		eggs, separated
1	cup	molasses
4	cups	all-purpose flour
1	tsp	salt
1	tsp	ground allspice
1	tsp	ground nutmeg
1	tsp	ground cinnamon
1	tsp	ground cloves
1	tsp	baking soda
8	oz	commercial sour cream
1	tsp	Powdered sugar

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg olks and molasses, beating well.
Combine flour, salt, and spices; mix well.
Combine sour cream and baking soda; mix well. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; gently fold into batter.
Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees F. for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Yield: one 10-inch cake.