Moist, Tender Spice Cake Recipe
This spice cake is dense but tender, and it's tasty enough to be served plain.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups bleached all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened until easily spreadable
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit with the oven rack in the middle position. A 9-by-13-inch metal or disposable foil pan should be greased and lightly floured. In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and spices. In a 2-cup measuring cup, whisk together the milk, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- On low, then medium, beat softened butter into dry ingredients until pebble-sized chunks form. 1/3 of the milk mixture should be added and beaten on low until smooth. In two stages, add the remaining milk mixture; beat on medium speed until the batter is barely smooth. Add the sugar and beat for about 30 seconds, or until barely combined. In a cake pan, pour the batter.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Turn cake onto rack by running a knife around the pan's perimeter. Allow to cool.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
- Protein: 3.9g 8 %
- Carbohydrates: 36.1g 12 %
- Dietary Fiber: 0.7g 3 %
- Sugars: 18.5g
- Fat: 13g 20 %
- Saturated Fat: 7.8g 39 %
- Cholesterol: 66.6mg 22 %
- Vitamin A Iu: 430.5IU 9 %
- Niacin Equivalents: 2mg 16 %
- Vitamin C: 0.1mg
- Folate: 41.8mcg 10 %
- Calcium: 114.6mg 12 %
- Iron: 1.4mg 8 %
- Magnesium: 10.4mg 4 %
- Potassium: 90.3mg 3 %
- Sodium: 221.5mg 9 %
- Thiamin: 0.2mg17 %
- Calories From Fat: 117
