Chocolate romance cake

1 cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¾ cup Flour, sifted all-purpose or 2 c cake flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
4 tablespoons Buttermilk, powdered
9 teaspoons Cocoa
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1½ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves, ground
1 teaspoon Allspice
½ cup Mayonnaise, + 3 tb
2 mediums Eggs
1 cup Sour cream
8 ounces Cream cheese
¼ cup Butter
1 Confectioner sugar
¼ cup Cocoa
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Cinnamon, dash optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.(moderate) Grease and flour two or three 8 inch layer pans or one 9x12x2 cake pan. Mix all dry ingredients together. Blend in mayonnaise, eggs, vanilla and ½ of sour cream. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed with mixer or 300 strokes by hand. Add remaining sour cream and beat 2 minutes longer. Pour into pans. Bake 25 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out "clean". Cool on rack a few minutes before removing from pan. When cool, frost cake! FROSTING: Cream butter and cream cheese together until fluffy, gradually add dry ingredients one at a time until all are well blended. Add vanilla and blend well.

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