Suzy Q Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 18 1/4 ounces devil's food cake mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup crisco shortening
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla, clear is best
• powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, beat together cake mix, water, vegetable oil and eggs until smooth.
• 2 pour into a greased and floured 13" x 9" pan and bake according to the package directions.
• 3 when cake is cooled, remove from pan to flat surface and cut cake in half horizontally.
• 4 to prepare filling, cook flour and milk in a saucepan over low heat until thickened; whisking often. cool mixture completely in refrigerator.
• 5 while heated mixture cools, beat together sugar, crisco, salt and vanilla. add to cooled flour/milk mixture and beat until smooth and creamy.
• 6 spread filling on 1 half of cake. place other half of cake on top and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.