Raspberry Nut Cake

Ingredients

2 c flour
1 1/2 ts baking powder
1/2 ts soda
1 ts salt
1 ts cinnamon
1/2 crisco
1 1/4 c sugar
3 eggs
3/4 c buttermilk
1 ts vanilla
1/2 c nuts
1 c raspberries

Instructions

----------------------------------FROSTING---------------------------------1/3 c Butter or margarine; soften 1/2 ts Salt 3 c Powdered sugar 2 tb Pureed raspberries 3 tb Cream; warm 1 ts Vanilla Mix dry ingredients. Cream sugar and crisco. Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry mixture alternately with milk. Fold in nuts and raspberries. Pour into 2 well greased 8" layer pans. Bake 350~ 30-40 minutes. Cool and frost. Pink Raspberry Frosting: Cream butter or margarine, salt, and blend in cups confectioners sugar alternately with pureed raspberries and 2-3 tbls hot cream. Add vanilla, mix and frost cake. ----