1/2 c Butter; softened

1 1/3 c Sugar

2 Eggs,large

1 ts Vanilla extract

2 c Cake flour; sifted

1 ts Cinnamon,ground

1/2 ts Nutmeg,ground

1/4 ts Allspice,ground

2 1/2 ts Baking powder,double-acting

3/4 ts Salt

2/3 c Milk,plus 1/4 cup

Seafoam icing: 2 Egg whites,large

1 1/2 c Brown sugar; packed

5 tb -water,cold

1/8 ts Salt

1/8 ts Cream of tartar

1 ts Vanilla extract

Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill 1-For cake: cream butter (or margarine) and gradually add sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together; add to batter alternately with the milk. Divide batter in half. Into one half, add the spices and mix well. 2-Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans. Pour batter into one pan and spice

batter into the other. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 25-30 minutes. Cool and then frost. Seafoam Icing: Put all icing ingredients except vanilla into the top of a double boiler; place over boiling water. Beat with an electric mixer set on low speed until blended, then beat on high until mixture stands in peaks. Remove from heat and add vanilla; beat about 5 minutes until of spreading consistency. This cake recipe was a third

place winner at the Del Mar county fair. Jo Anne Merrill -----