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My all-time favorite birthday cake.
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: variesIngredients
2 cups all-purpose flour OR 2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup milk or buttermilk
1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
Directions
In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Add milk or buttermilk, butter, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low to combine then on high for 2 minutes. Add eggs and beat 2 more minutes. Pour batter into greased, floured pans. Bake at 350-degrees.
Bake times:
8″ or 9″ cake rounds — 20-25 minutes
13 x 9 pan — 35-40 minutes
cupcakes — 12-15 minutes
tube/bundt pan — 45-50 minutes
Cool on a wire rack. Ice with cream cheese frosting. (Find cream cheese frosting here.
Submitted by: suzanne-mcminn on April 11, 2011
Linda T. says:
This sounds yummy! I love spice cake too. Don’t answer today, Suzanne….enjoy your birthday….but I don’t see where/when the butter goes in. Usually you would mix it with the sugar and then the eggs, etc. Have a lovely birthday.
On April 11, 2011 at 9:27 am
Suzanne McMinn says:
I fixed it! Thank you for telling me!
On April 11, 2011 at 9:31 am
GrannyTrace says:
I love spice cake..can’t wait to try. Hope you birthday was wonderful.
Granny Trace
http://www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com
On April 12, 2011 at 6:59 am
Judy says:
I just made this cake. It is wonderful. Really light and fluffy. I didn’t have the ingredients for the frosting…..so we just ate it warm from the oven. My DH doesn’t care for frosting much anyway. The directions didn’t say at what temp. to set the oven, I baked it at 350 degrees as that is what most cakes bakes at. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Will be making this one AGAIN!
On April 12, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Suzanne McMinn says:
Judy! Thank you for telling me that! I don’t know what I was thinking to leave that out! I will fix it in the instructions. And yes, it is 350!
On April 12, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Anastasia Beaverhousen says:
I tried this out last night and it was delicious! I made cupcakes – the recipe yields about 18. I had some cake flour on hand so I used that and they were so light and fluffy! This is a great addition to my rotation!
On April 24, 2011 at 10:57 am