McCalls Best Spice Cake

Directions

Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).

Grese well and flour 2, eight inch pans or a 13×9 inch baking pan.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, soda, cinnamon, cloves, pepper.

In a large bowl use electric mixer at high speed to beat butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Occasionally scrate the sides of the bowl with a scrapper.

At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths) alternately with buttermilk (in thirds) beginning and ending with the flour.

Beat until smooth about one minute.

Pour batter into prepared pans; bake until surgace springs back when gently touched with fingertips.

Layers 30 to 35 minutes and oblong 45 minutes.

Cool in pan on wire rack.

Frost as desired.