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| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 35 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 3/4 C Cake flour See notes on how to make cake flour
- 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- few grains of cayenne optional - I didn't use for my cakes
- 2 Tbsp boiling water
- 1/2 C shortening Says butter or shortening - prefer shortening
- 1 C sugar separated
- 2 eggs separated
- 2 egg yolk
- 2/3 C buttermilk
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Instructions
- Sift the flour, measure and resift 3 times with the baking powder and salt. Combine the spices and mix thoroughly with boiling water. Cream the butter until soft and smooth, blend in 3/4 C of the sugar, and add the beaten egg yolks. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in spice mixture; then add flour mixture and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour and beating until smooth after each addition. Beat egg whites, add remaining 1/4 C sugar, and continue beating until very stiff; fold into batter. Turn into two 8-inch cake pans which have been lined with thin plain paper in bottom. Bake in a moderate oven (350F) for about 25 minutes, until springy when pressed lightly with the finger tips. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans and then turn out and cool thoroughly on cake racks. Put together with orange frosting.
Recipe Notes
I changed the recipe slightly from what was in the cooking encyclopedia. First, I changed to shortening rather than butter: though both were listed as options, I prefer shortening. I also added an egg yolk to try to counteract the dryness. That didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so I'm going to add 2 egg yolks next time, and look into changing from milk to buttermilk.
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Nutrition Facts
Spice Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 193
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g
6%
Saturated Fat 1g
5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 53mg
18%
Sodium 179mg
7%
Potassium 27mg
1%
Total Carbohydrates 36g
12%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g
0%
Sugars 15g
Protein 3g
6%
Vitamin A
7%
Vitamin C
0.3%
Calcium
10%
Iron
9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.