Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 277.9
  • Total Fat: 15.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 81.3 mg
  • Sodium: 132.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 3.4 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting calories by ingredient


Introduction

Cooks Illustrated recipe from 2008. Cooks Illustrated recipe from 2008.
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    Cake

    Brown the butter, add spices and cool down to room temp.
    * Butter, unsalted, 2 tbsp
    * Cinnamon, ground, 1 tbsp
    * Cardamom, ground, .75 tsp
    * Allspice, .5 tsp
    * Cloves, ground, .5 tsp
    * Nutmeg, ground, .25 tsp

    Cream
    * Butter, unsalted, 14 tbsp
    * Granulated Sugar, 1.75 cup
    add
    * Molasses, 2 tbsp
    Mix together and add slowly to sugar mixture
    * Egg, fresh, 2 large
    * Egg Yolk, 3 large
    * Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
    add
    * Ginger Root, 3 tsp

    Mix these together, then add 1/3 to butter mixture,
    with 1/2 of buttermilk, mix 5 seconds, again, and rest of flour mix.
    *Flour, white, 2.25 cup
    * Baking Powder, .5 tsp
    * Baking Soda, .5 tsp
    * Salt, .5 tsp

    * Buttermilk, lowfat, 1 cup

    Frosting
    * Butter, unsalted, 5 tbsp
    * Powdered Sugar, 1.25 cup, unsifted
    * Cream Cheese, 8 oz
    * Vanilla Extract, .5 tsp
    Decorate top with:
    * Walnuts, .25 cup pieces or chips

Directions

Cooks Illustrated

350 oven

32-37 minutes for the 9x13 cake.

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIET-DELIGHT.