2 cups cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, well-beaten
1 cup sour cream or buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Sift; measure flour. Add baking soda, salt, and spices and sift again. Set aside. Beat together shortening and sugar slowly, until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add sour cream/buttermilk alternately with sifted dry ingredients.

Bake in 2 well-greased 9-inch layer cake pans for 20 to 30 minutes or a Bundt pan for 45-50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Submitted by: Belle