Butterscotch funny cake

1 cake/pie

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Recipe pastry
¼ cup Shortening
½ cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tablespoons Light corn syrup
3 tablespoons Water
½ teaspoon Vanilla
1¼ cup Cake flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Sugar
¼ cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg
1½ cup Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
½ cup Shortening
3 tablespoons Water

Directions

PASTRY

TO MAKE PASTRY: Sift flour; mix with salt. Cut in shortening with pastry blender, or two knives until mixture is consistency of coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix until all particles are dampened. Put onto wax paper. Press into ball. Let stand 15 minutes at room temperature.

Line a 9-inch pie plate with the pastry.

Mix ¼ cup of shortening, brown sugar and corn syrup. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Add the water and again bring to a boil. Continue to boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat. Stir in ½ teaspoon vanilla. Set aside to cool.

Start oven at 350 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder, salt and sugar. Put ¼ cup of shortening in mixed bowl. Sift in dry ingredients. Add milk and vanilla. Mix until flour is dampened.

Beat 2 minutes on low speed. Add egg, beat 1 minute longer. Pour batter into pastry-lined pan, Dribble sauce over cake batter. Bake 50-55 minutes. Serve warm or cold. Sauce will have made layer between cake and pastry.

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