Spice Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Frosting

Name: Spice Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Frosting
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 2 Tbsps bourbon; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 454 grams confectioners sugar; 1 large egg yolk (optional); 4 larges eggs, at room temperature; 710 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters milk, at room temperature; 1 teaspoons nutmeg; 59 milliliters ground toasted pecans; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 227 grams unsalted butter, softened; 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Spice Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Frosting

Spice Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Frosting requires around 2 hours from start to finish. For $1.25 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 8. One serving contains 1039 calories, 10g of protein, and 47g of fat. If you have milk, granulated sugar, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter two 9-by-2-inch round cake pans and line with parchment paper; butter and dust with flour. In a bowl, mix the 3 cups of flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt. In a cup, mix the milk with the vanilla.

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Baking Powder

Ground Clove

Cinnamon

Vanilla

Butter

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

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Baking Paper

Bowl

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

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Butter

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Blender

Add the sugar and beat until fluffy, 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl. Beat in the dry ingredients in 3 batches, alternating with the milk mixture and scraping down the bowl.

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Sugar

Egg

Milk

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Bowl

Scrape the batter into the pans.

Bake in the lower third of the oven for about 35 minutes, until springy.

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Oven

Let cool for 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and invert onto a rack. Peel off the paper, turn the cakes upright and cool completely.

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Knife

In a standing mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the butter and egg yolk at medium-high speed until creamy. Beat in the sugar at low speed. Beat in the cream, vanilla and salt, then beat at medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 minutes longer. Beat the bourbon and toasted pecans into the frosting.

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Egg Yolk