Cider Spice Cake

Name: Cider Spice Cake
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters apple cider (not filtered); 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 3 larges eggs at room temperature for 30 minutes; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 237 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 0 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 296 milliliters 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Cider Spice Cake a try. One serving contains 383 calories, 2g of protein, and 24g of fat. This gluten free and vegetarian recipe serves 10. If you have apple cider, lemon juice, ground cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 2 (8- by 2-inch) round cake pans and dust with flour, knocking out excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Whisk together flour (1 1/2 cups), baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice in a medium bowl.

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Baking Powder

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine apple cider and lemon juice in a small measuring cup.

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Apple Cider

Lemon Juice

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Measuring Cup

Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, then add brown sugar and beat until combined.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will look curdled).

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Egg

Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture and cider mixture alternately in 3 batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just combined.

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Cider

All Purpose Flour

Divide batter between cake pans (batter will form a thin layer) and rap pans on work surface once to release any large air bubbles.

Bake cake layers until they begin to pull away from sides of pans and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of each cake layer comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Skewers

Cool cake layers in pans on racks 5 minutes, then run a thin knife around edge of each layer and invert layers onto racks. Cool completely, at least 1 hour.

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Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a 2-quart heavy saucepan.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Whisk in cider, then bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking constantly, and boil, whisking constantly, 1 minute (mixture will be very thick).

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Cider

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Whisk

Transfer to a metal bowl and set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, then stir occasionally until cool, about 30 minutes.

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Water

Ice

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Bowl

Beat butter in a large bowl with cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, then add one third of cider mixture and beat until incorporated.

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Butter

Cider

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Bowl

Add remaining cider mixture and continue beating until smooth.

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Cider

When cakes are cool, arrange 1 layer flat side up on a flat serving plate or cake stand and spread top with 3/4 cup buttercream. Top with remaining cake layer flat side up. Frost top and side of cake with remaining buttercream. Chill 2 hours before serving (to firm up buttercream).

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Spread

·Cake layers can be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.·Frosted cake can be chilled, loosely covered with plastic wrap after 2 hours, up to 1 day. Bring to room temperature before saving.

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Wrap