Spice cake doesn’t get as much attention as chocolate cake or white cake. It really should be highlighted more often because spice cake is the most delicious cake out there! That’s my opinion, of course. I’ve always loved spice cake. Mom used to make spice cake from a box when I was growing up, and it has been my favorite ever since.
What is Spice Cake?
Spice cake is basically a good vanilla cake recipe that has been spiced up. Spices added include cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, cloves and nutmeg. Freshly grated ginger and molasses and mixed in to the cake batter too. All of these spicy ingredients turn plain cake into an amazing spice cake. The combination of flavors is so delicious!
The best kind of frosting for spice cake is a cream cheese style frosting. In this recipe, you’ll save some of the dry spices to add to the frosting recipe too. More spice for the spice cake! You can keep it simple and just have a nicely frosted layer cake, or you can sprinkle some toasted walnuts on top.
How to grate fresh ginger:
Fresh ginger has a stringy texture that can be difficult to grate. Peel your piece of fresh ginger with a potato peeler, place it in a little zip baggie, and store it in the freezer until firm (in fact, I just store my fresh ginger in the freezer period!) It will be easy to grate when it’s firm. The stringiness kind of goes away when it’s frozen. Store any ginger that you don’t use in the freezer. It should stay good for grating for other recipes for at least a couple of weeks.
How to make buttermilk at home when you don’t have any:
When recipes call for buttermilk, I don’t always like to run out and buy a carton when I know I won’t need it for anything else. The good thing is… you can easily make your own buttermilk at home! Pour the amount of buttermilk that your recipe calls for into a measuring cup. For every CUP of milk, you will add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Let it sit for 10 minutes. It will curdle a bit. It has turned into buttermilk! This method works best when using whole, 2% or 1% milk.
Can this Spice Cake be baked in another pan?
Yes! Use a 9×13-inch pan in place of two round cake layer pans, if you’d like. You’ll just need to bake the cake slightly longer than the recipe calls for.
If you’re looking for more delicious cake recipes, you might like to try these:
Blueberry Gooey Butter Cake Vanilla Pound Cake Margarita Cake Perfect Confetti Cake Chocolate Sheet Cake Sweet Lemonade Cake Perfect Party Cake Lemon Tea Cake
