Baked Meringue Spice Cake

Ingredients

2 cups sifted cake fluor

3 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg + 1 egg yolk

3/4 cup milk

Sift fluor, baking powder, salt, spices 2 times.  Cream shortening and sugar.  Add beaten egg.  Alternate dry ingredients and milk.  Pour into 6 x 10 greased pan.

Meringue

1 egg white, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup nuts.

Beat egg white stiff, gradually add brown sugar.

Spread over cake batter.   Sprinkle with nuts and bake at 350ºF about 50 to 60 minutes.