Ambrosia Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons chocolate
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 apple, chopped fine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 lb oleo
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup coconut (fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 orange, sectioned
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 dissolve chocolate in boiling water and set aside.
• 2 cream the butter, shortening and sugar and sift the dry ingredients together.
• 3 add alternately with buttermilk and add chocolate and chopped apple.
• 4 this makes 3 big layers.
• 5 bake at 375 for 30 to 40 minutes.
• 6 cook and frost with ambrosia filling.
• 7 ambrosia filling:.
• 8 cook to soft ball stage:
• 9 3 cups sugar
• 10 2 cups milk.
• 11 then add and beat well:.
• 12 1/2 lb oleo.
• 13 1/4 tespoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• 14 after beating add:.
• 15 1 cup fresh or frozen coconut.
• 16 1 cup chopped pecans.
• 17 1 samll can crushed pineapple.
• 18 1 orange, sectioned.
• 19 1 cup raisins.