Spice Cake
Perfect for the holidays or as a cozy fall dessert, this Spice Cake recipe is a moist and flavorful treat. This cake is full of cozy spices and coated with a rich and tangy cream cheese frosting, making for a delightful dessert everyone will love. The tender crumb will melt in your mouth.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- ▢3 cups all-purpose flour (360g)
- ▢2 teaspoons baking powder
- ▢½ teaspoon baking soda
- ▢½ teaspoon salt
- ▢2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ▢2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ▢½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ▢½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ▢2 cups packed light brown sugar (440g)
- ▢1 cup vegetable oil (240ml)
- ▢1 cup unsweetened applesauce (240ml)
- ▢½ cup buttermilk (120ml)
- ▢4 large eggs
- ▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- ▢1 cup unsalted butter softened (227g)
- ▢1 (8-ounce/113g) block cream cheese room temperature
- ▢6 cups powdered sugar (720g)
- ▢½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
For the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease two 9-inch baking pans with baking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, oil, applesauce, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla until well combined. Add the sugar mixture to the flour mixture and whisk together just until combined. Divide the batter among the prepared cake pans
Bake for 30 minutes or until the center springs back when gently pressed. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pans then invert on a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the butter and cream cheese together on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
With the mixer on low, gradually add in the powdered sugar stopping occasionally to scrape down the bowl. Once combined, add the vanilla, and beat on medium-low speed until fluffy, about 1 minute.
