Spicy cake buns

18 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ cup Unsifted all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground cloves
¼ teaspoon Ground ginger
¼ cup Granulated sugar
½ cup Packed light brown sugar
½ cup Vegetable shortening
1 large Egg
1 cup Buttermilk
½ cup Raisins
3 tablespoons Granulated sugar for the top

Directions

Adjust the oven rack to the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375øF. Grease and flour a large baking sheet.

Sift the dry ingredients (except the brown sugar) into a large bowl.

Add the brown sugar, shortening, egg, and buttermilk and beat with an electric mixer until the batter is blended and smooth, about 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in raisins.

Drop the batter by the heaping tablespoonful onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each mound with ½ tsp. sugar.

Bake about 15 minutes, or until the buns are golden brown.

Serve warm or at room temperature. Yield 18 Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: Cookbook Digest March/April 98

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