Spice Cake

Name: Spice Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk, at room temperature; 591 milliliters sifted cake flour; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 3 larges eggs, at room temperature; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 237 milliliters (packed) light brown sugar; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 10 servings Orange Curd; 0 teaspoons salt; 170 grams 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Spice Cake a try. One serving contains 436 calories, 7g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. A mixture of baking powder, ground ginger, buttermilk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 and position a rack in the lower third. Butter and flour two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans. Sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt and cloves onto a sheet of wax paper.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Butter

Clove

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Wax Paper

Oven

Combine the buttermilk and vanilla in a small pitcher.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

In a standing electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter at medium speed until creamy.

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Butter

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Hand Mixer

Add the light brown and granulated sugars and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, stopping once to scrape down the bowl.

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Bowl

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the flour mixture at low speed in 3 batches, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, just until the batter is smooth; stop the mixer occasionally to scrape down the bowl.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Blender

Bowl

Divide the batter evenly between the pans.

Transfer the pans to the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the cakes begin to shrink from the sides.

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Oven

Let the cakes cool for 10 minutes, then turn each out onto a rack, invert onto another rack and let cool completely. Wrap each cake in plastic and store at room temperature overnight.

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Wrap

Cut a 1/4-inch notch in the side of each cake; this will allow you to line up the layers when assembling the cake. Using a long serrated knife, cut each cake layer in half horizontally and set on a work surface, cut side up.

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Serrated Knife

Center 1 bottom cake layer on a platter and spread 1/2 cup of the Orange Curd on top, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge. Cover with its top cake layer, cut side down, taking care to line up the notches.

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Orange