Butterscotch Cake

Butterscotch Cake
2 cups cake flour -- sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 medium eggs
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
butter frosting:
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cream
1 tablespoon hot water
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add brown
sugar, butter (or margarine), vanilla and 2/3 cup
milk. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed and then add
rest of milk and the eggs. Beat 2 minutes more. Pour
into two 8-inch greased and floured cake pans. Bake in
preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Frost
with butter frosting. 
Frosting: Brown butter over low heat, watching
carefully. Add rest of ingredients and stir until cool
and of consistency to spread. 
This was a second place winner in the professional
category of cake layers at the Del Mar fair, 1993.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog......
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