Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Published Nov. 18, 2024
- Total Time
- About 1½ hours
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Cook Time
- 40 minutes, plus 30 minutes’ cooling
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Ingredients
- ¾cup/180 milliliters vegetable or canola oil, plus more for the pan
- 1½lightly packed cups/300 grams light brown sugar
- 3large eggs
- 1½cups/360 milliliters buttermilk
- 4teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1tablespoon ground ginger
- ½teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼teaspoon ground cloves
- 1½teaspoons kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
- 2½cups/320 grams all-purpose flour
- 1½teaspoons baking powder
- ½teaspoon baking soda
- Cream Cheese Frosting
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Oil a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan and line it with a piece of parchment paper that hangs over the two long sides.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk to thoroughly combine the oil, brown sugar, eggs, buttermilk, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and salt.
- Step 3
Add the flour, baking powder and baking soda and whisk until smooth. A few small lumps are OK.
- Step 4
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and spread it in an even layer. Bake until the cake is golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes before using the parchment paper to lift it out and set on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Step 5
While the cake cools, make the frosting.
- Step 6
Top the completely cooled cake with swoops and swirls of frosting and serve immediately, or cover and store at room temperature for 2 days (or a little longer in the fridge).
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Perfect spice cake! Quick and easy, great texture. A half recipe fits well in an 8X8 pan. I had some salted caramel buttercream in the freezer so I topped it with that, but cream cheese frosting would also be delicious.
For a half recipe, one whole egg plus a yolk works well. (Can use the extra egg white for something else or freeze for later.)
I baked it in a glass dish and it turned out great.
I added a handful of chopped pecans and 1tbs of vanilla. Did a half recipe in 8x8 glass pan and it was perfect! Topped with some cream cheese frosting I already had on hand and garnished with chopped pecans. Rave reviews from friends.
This was good and very easy. Made a half recipe in 8x8 pan, with 1/4 frosting recipe, which was plenty. Used maple syrup to thin the frosting instead of milk.
This cake is delicious and comes together very quicklyy! I used a little less sugar(1-1/4 c) and added a chopped pink lady apple with peel and walnuts. We enjoyed it without the frosting. I also did not have allspice and used a pinch of mace instead.