Spice Cake. This spice cake is the ultimate comfort food. Paired with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and cinnamon streusel for some crunch. Spice cake is traditionally flavored with a mixture of spices.
A maple spice cake is an American variation that adds maple syrup or flavoring. Spice Cake with a decadent Cream Cheese Frosting! This is one of my all time favorite fall cakes! You can cook Spice Cake using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Spice Cake
- You need of Cake.
- It’s 2 cup of All-purpose Flour.
- It’s 1 1/3 cup of Sugar.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Baking Powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Salt.
- You need 1 tsp of Cinnamon.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Nutmeg.
- It’s 1/3 cup of Shortening.
- Prepare 1 cup of Milk.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
- It’s 2 large of Eggs.
- It’s of Caramel Icing.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar, packed.
- You need 1/4 cup of Milk.
- You need 2 tbsp of Butter.
- You need 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
It's perfectly moist and brimming with lots of those sweet autumn spices. This spice cake recipe is different from my spice cupcakes. Maybe it's just me, but when I think of Spice cake is dense and rich. It has tight crumbs and a moist texture.
Spice Cake step by step
- For the Cake: Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg..
- Add shortening, milk, and vanilla; beat on slow to medium with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Scrape sides and bottom of mixing bowl several times..
- Beat in eggs and continue to beat for 2 minutes..
- Spoon batter into a generously greased and floured 9x12x2 inch baking pan..
- Bake at 350° for 40 – 45 minutes. Cool and frost with caramel icing..
- For Icing: In a sauce pan combine brown sugar, milk and butter..
- Stirring constantly; bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes..
- Remove from heat and add vanilla..
- Let cool to lukewarm. Beat until creamy and thick enough to spread..
- If too thick, add a little more milk or a small amount of cream..
- Enjoy!.
Predominant flavorings include spices such as. This Spice Cake has three moist layers of absolute perfection! This spice cake made from scratch is topped with a silky smooth cream cheese frosting so good you'll lick your plate clean. This spice cake recipe is the only recipe you'll ever need. Incredibly moist, flavored with a mixture of spices, with a texture that almost melts in your mouth!
