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      Title: MOM'S YELLOW CAKE WITH BUTTERSCOTCH FROSTING
 Categories: Cakes, Mom
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
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  1 1/2 c  Butter (3 sticks), divided
      6 lg Eggs, separated
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
  1 1/2 c  Buttermilk
      1 ts Vanilla extract (or more)
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Sugar, granulated
  2 1/2 c  Confectioner's sugar (4x)
  2 1/2 c  Flour
           Shortening (to prepare

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      1 c  Light brown sugar, packed
    1/2 c  Butter
    1/2 c  Cream (or canned milk)
           Confectioner's sugar,
           -as needed
 
  Separate eggs; place all the whites in a large bowl, place 3 yolks in
  one small container, and the other 3 in another. Prepare 3 8-inch
  cake pans with brown-paper rounds (for bottoms) greased with
  shortening. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  
  Soften 1/2 C butter in a large bowl; add confectioner's sugar and beat
  until thoroughly mixed. Add 3 egg yolks, one after another, and
  continue beating.  Add vanilla and mix till thoroughly blended,
  scraping sides with spatula if necessary.
  
  Measure flour into a small bowl and stir in baking soda. Add to
  butter/sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk in 4 steps,
  beginning and ending with the flour.
  
  Sprinkle about 1/2 t salt on egg whites.  Beat till stiff, but not
  dry. Fold egg whites into batter. Divide batter between pans and bake
  at 350 degrees F. about 30-35 minutes, until done.
  
  TOPPING:  Put 1 stick butter in pot; add sugar and cream. Bring to
  rolling boil over medium heat for a few minutes and cool. Add
  confectioner's sugar until you have the right consistency. When cakes
  are done and cooled, put together with cooled topping.
 
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