3/4 cup Crisco
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon clove
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups water
4 beaten egg whites
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
3 drops red food coloring (for middle layer of cake)
1 confectioners’ sugar (for icing)
1 orange juice (for icing)
1 lemon juice (for icing)
1 butter (for icing)
1 drop red food coloring or blue food coloring (for icing)
Mix Crisco, sugar, salt, flour, baking powder, 1 ΒΌ cup water, and egg whites. Divide into 3 bowls. Add almond flavoring to 1, red food coloring and vanilla to another, and cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, baking soda, cocoa, and water to 3rd. Coat 3 cake pans with grease. Bake for 30 minutes at 360 degrees. Cool. Ice top and sides. Layer cake.