Spectacular Spice Cake
The warmth of spices compliments any meal. This is such an easy cake to make, you'll be wondering why you bought the boxed mixes prior to this one. Highly customizable to suit which spice you like best.
Servings: 12 people
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (225g) flour
- 4 large (200g) eggs
- ¾ cup (180mL) oil
- ¾ cup (150g) sugar
- 1 ½ tsp (6g) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5mL) vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp (3g) cinnamon
- ½ tsp (2.5g) salt
- ½ tsp (1g) allspice
- ½ tsp (1g) ginger
For the Glaze
- ½ cup (62g) powdered sugar
- 1 tbs (15mL) milk*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C.)
- Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf tin (23x13cm) or line with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in sugar. Add flour mixture and beat until you no longer see lumps, about 1 minute. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 45 - 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Center should read between 200F (93C) and 210F (99C.)
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
For the Glaze
- Mix together powdered sugar and milk. Drizzle over top of cake slowly. Allow to sit 10-20 minutes for glaze to harden before serving.
- If desired, dust with cinnamon while glaze is still fluid.
Notes
If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.
*To make this dairy free, replace the milk with equal parts water or juice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 263.3 kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.5 g | Protein: 3.5 g | Fat: 15.7 g | Saturated Fat: 1.5 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.7 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9.7 g | Sodium: 117.6 mg