Spice Cake
Are you craving a burst of warmth and cozy comfort in every bite?
This delightful dessert is the epitome of autumn flavors, offering a symphony of spices ina combination with walnuts that dance across your taste buds with each bite.
Spice cake, with its enticing blend of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, conjures up images of crisp fall days, crackling fires, and fragrant spice markets. However, it's not just the spices that make this cake truly exceptional. The moist and tender texture, rich flavor, and fluffy crumb of a well-baked spice cake create a sensory experience that is second to none.
Biting into a slice of fresh spice cake is like snuggling up in your favorite blanket – it wraps you in a cocoon of comfort and indulgence. As you sink your fork into its soft surface, the aroma of warm spices fills the room, captivating your senses and evoking memories of nostalgic moments spent with loved ones.
The flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg take center stage, providing a harmonious balance of sweetness and subtle warmth, while cloves provide a hint of earthiness, making it the perfect cake for autumn weather!
With a mixer mix room temperature butter until creamy, then gradually add granulated and brown sugar and mix for 2 minutes. Add eggs and mix for another minute.
Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg, then add a third into the batter, together with 160 ml of milk and mix until just combined. Add another third of the dry ingredients, another 160 ml of milk and 15 ml of vinegar, then mix shortly. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
Divide the batter between three lined baking moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/356°F for 30 minutes.
Leave them to cool down for 10 minutes, then take them out of the moulds and brush 30 ml of coffee over each sponge cake.
To prepare the cream frosting, mix room temperature butter using a hand mixer until creamy, then add vanilla extract and cream cheese and mix for a minute longer. Now gradually add icing sugar and mix until combined. Add milk at the end to reach the desired consistency.
Frost the cake and refrigerate it overnight.
Spice Cake
Ingredients
Instructions
- With a mixer mix room temperature butter until creamy, then gradually add granulated and brown sugar and mix for 2 minutes. Add eggs and mix for another minute.
- Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg, then add a third into the batter, together with 160 ml of milk and mix until just combined. Add another third of the dry ingredients, another 160 ml of milk and 15 ml of vinegar, then mix shortly. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
- Divide the batter between three lined baking moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.
- Leave them to cool down for 10 minutes, then take them out of the moulds and brush 30 ml of coffee over each sponge cake.
- Using a hand mixer mix room temperature butter until creamy, then add vanilla extract and cream cheese and mix for a minute longer. Now gradually add icing sugar and mix until combined. Add milk at the end to reach the desired consistency.
- Frost the cake and refrigerate it overnight.
