Spice Cake With Cardamom Coffee Icing Recipes

Steps:

• To make the cake:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift dry ingredients.
• In a large bowl, cream butter & sugars; add eggs one at a time; then vanilla, mixing until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Beat in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat until just smooth, about a minute.
• Pour into two 8-inch (or a 13x9) greased and floured pans. Bake for about 30-35 minutes for layers, 35-40 minutes for 13X9 cake, or until cake tester is removed clean.
• Remove from oven and cool on racks about 10 minutes. Remove from pans and finish cooling on racks.
• To make the icing:
• Heat milk and dissolve espresso powder in it, then allow it to cool.
• Beat together remaining ingredients, add coffee mixture and continue beating until fluffy.
• Ice cake when cool.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices.
• 3. Add oil, vinegar, vanilla and water. Mix with a whisk.
• 4. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. , Pour into two greased 9-in. round baking pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a heatproof bowl of a stand mixer, whisk egg whites, sugar, water and cream of tartar until blended. Place over simmering water in a large saucepan over medium heat. Whisking constantly, heat mixture until a thermometer reads 160°, about 2-3 minutes., Remove from heat; add vanilla. With the whisk attachment of a stand mixer, beat on high speed until stiff glossy peaks form, about 7 minutes. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake. Store frosted cake, uncovered, in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Make the coffee; use dark roast.
• Position oven rack in the center of oven; preheat to 350°. Prepare 12-cup Bundt pan as follows: Prepare Bundt pan using the following method-make a paste from 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 tablespoon flour ; apply it with a pastry brush, you can thoroughly coat the surface of the pan, including all the nooks and crannies (or use your preferred method to prepare Bundt pan for baking a cake).
• Cream the shortening using a mixer on medium speed; add in the brown sugar gradually; increase mixer speed to med-high and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Decrease mixer speed to low; add in the molasses, then add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices together.
• Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the cream mixture, beat, then add 1/4 cup coffee and beat on medium until blended; repeat two more times.
• Pour batter into the pan, smooth off top with spatula.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• Cool for 10-15 minutes in the pan, unmold onto a cake rack, and cool completely.
• Sprinkle with coarse sugar or dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Cake: Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
• Beat eggs in one at a time.
• Add vanilla.
• Stir in the baking powder, soda, salt, and Cardamom.
• Stir in the floor one cup at a time, adding sour cream and milk as you go along.
• Topping: In a separate bowl mix together the"topping" ingredients.
• To Assemble: You can bake this in a few different style pans.
• A bundt cake pan would work well.
• I used two tall round 8" cake pans.
• Oil your pans well.
• Pour the batter in your pans- be sure to leave some room at the top as these cakes should rise.
• Sprinkle the top with your topping.
• Alteration: Instead of sprinkling the topping over the cake, you might prefer to pour half your batter in the pan, create an inside layer by sprinkling in some of your topping and then pour the remaining batter in your pan and sprinkle the rest of the nut mixture over the top.
• You can always whip up some more topping if you need to!
• To Bake: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• This is a dense cake and will bake for about an hour (in a bundt cake pan).
• Keep checking on it by inserting a knife in the top.
• If it comes out clean, it's done.
• To Serve: Let the cake cool for a while (at least half an hour).
• Turn the cake over and slide onto a plate (if you have used a bundt cake pan).
• If you used a cake pan, loosen the edges of the cake pan with a knife, gently easing the cake up out of the pan.
• If you need to, turn the cake over and gently tap it out of the pan, once the cake is out of the pan you can turn it back over onto a plate for presentation.