On a snowy & blustery day, you’ll be glad to know how to bake Winter Spice Cake.
Not to mention, we serve this cake with a Hot Cake Sauce – absolutely divine!
Enjoy the warm aromas of comforting spices throughout the house, and bring smiles out on everyone’s face.
Winter Spice Cake:
Serve with ice cream, if desired, and the decadent, hot cake sauce, like flowing lava over a moist & fluffy volcano of a cake! The combination is sure to be a favorite with family and guests.
Cozy up by the fireplace, and enjoy a slice!
Type: Cake Recipe
Yield: one 9 inch tube cake pan
Prep Time: 15 min
Bake Time: 45 – 55 min
- Note: It is important to have all ingredients at room temperature before you begin.
Check out our Nut-Free & Gluten-Free Tiger Nuts version of this Winter Spice Cake:
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Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp grated or ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp grated ginger
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- dash of cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp grated orange zest
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp yogurt or buttermilk
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree or mashed sweet potato
- 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
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Instructions:
- Note: Have available a greased 9 inch tube pan, or 8 inch or 10 inch fluted tube pan.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, whisk together until thoroughly combined, the following dry ingredients: cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, cayenne, salt & orange zest. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy, using a mixer or hand mixer.
- Gradually add brown sugar, and beat on high speed until light & fluffy – about 2-4 minutes.
- Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, and then beat in pumpkin puree.
- On low speed, add the flour mixture in 4 parts, alternating with the buttermilk or yogurt, and beat until smooth.
- Note: Be sure to scrape the sides with a rubber spatula, to ensure all the flour has been incorporated.
- Using clean beaters, in another clean bowl & on medium speed, beat egg whites & cream of tartar for 30 seconds.
- On high speed, gradually add white sugar to the egg whites, and continue to whip until stiff peaks form, but the whites are not dry.
- With a rubber spatula, fold 1/4 of egg whites into the flour & egg mixture, until well dispersed. Fold in the remaining egg whites.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared tube pan & spread evenly.
- Bake 45 – 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven & cool for 30 minutes. Then, allow to cool upside down, on a wire cooling rack, until cake reaches room temperature.
Hot Cake Sauce:
This thick, Hot Cake Sauce topping my Winter Spice Cake has just a hint of maple flavor.
This is another dessert that warrants sneaking into the kitchen for a midnight snack. Mom and I often cross paths, during our late night forays into the kitchen for snacks.
Type: Sauce Recipe
Yield: about 2-1/4 cups
Prep Time: about 30 min
The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this episode of Cooking with Kimberly:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice or ground ginger
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup water
- few drops of vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
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Instructions:
- Melt butter in sauce pan.
- Stir in sugar, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice or ground ginger, salt & water, and stir until sugar dissolves & thickens somewhat. Remove from heat.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg until frothy.
- Add a small amount of sauce to frothy egg, and whisk vigorously.
- Gradually add egg mixture to the sauce pan, stirring constantly.
- Return to heat, and stir until sauce has thickened to the degree desired.
- Remove from heat, and stir heavy cream into the sauce.
- Drizzle over or smother your winter spice cake with hot cake sauce, for a positively glorious dessert.
Winter Spice Cake is well complimented by Hot Cake Sauce. Try spiking it with 1-2 tbsp of rum, brandy, bourbon or liqueur of your choice for an adult treat!
This dreamy sauce can be served drizzled over carrot cake or corn bread, over ice cream, yogurt or to dip fresh fruit, to name a few other uses.
If a dessert could be described as being hearty, this cake, drizzled with the thick, hot cake sauce, would easily fit that description.
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