Recipes

2006 MIO Recipe Roundup Contest

1st Place Winner

• 2 cups Shawnee Mills All-Purpose Flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ¾ tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground cloves
• ½ tsp. ground allspice
• 1 cup mild salsa*
• ½ cup shortening
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup water

Icing

• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 ½ tsp. Griffin's Vanilla Extract
• 2 T Hiland Butter, softened

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans. In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients. Add salsa and shortening beat for 3 minutes at medium speed. Add eggs and water beat for another 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour into floured pans. Cook for 28-30 minutes. While cake is baking, mix powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla and butter in a medium bowl. Beat until creamy. Allow cake to cool and frost. *Contestant used Maria Rae's Level 1 Salsa.

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