Araby Spice Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Sift flour, measure; sift again with baking powder, soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, creaming until light and fluffy.
• Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add cooled melted chocolate; add nut meats.
• Add flavourings to milk.
• Add flour mixture and milk alternately, beating until smooth after each addition.
• Pour into 2 well-greased 9 inch layer cake pans.
• Bake in moderate oven (375°F) for 30 minutes or until done.
• Remove cake from pans and cool on rack.
• When cool, frost with Mocha Frosting or Chocolate Seven Minute Frostings.

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs; beat well. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool. For frosting, cream shortening and butter in a bowl. Add vanilla. Gradually beat in sugar. Add milk; beat until light and fluffy. Frost cake.

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
• Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.