spice cake with cream cheese frosting
This Spice Cake is a moist luscious treat filled with fabulous fall spices and topped with a super simple four ingredient brown sugar cream cheese frosting. The frosting and the cake can be made up to two days in advance but should be stored in the refrigerator.
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yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For spice cake with cream cheese frosting
- SPICE CAKE
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2 1/2 call purpose (or cake flour)
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2 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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2 tspground ginger
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1 1/2 tspground cinnamon
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1/2 tspground nutmeg
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1/2 tspground allspice
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1/2 tspground cloves
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1 ccanola oil
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3large eggs
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1 cunsweetened applesauce
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1 1/2 cbrown sugar
- BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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12 ozcream cheese (1 1/2 boxes)
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4 Tbspunsalted butter softened
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3 Tbsplight brown sugar
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2 tspvanilla extract
How To Make spice cake with cream cheese frosting
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13×9 inch baking dish
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2In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ground cloves.
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3In a large bowl whisk together oil, eggs, applesauce, vanilla and brown sugar. Working in three parts stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir just until combined.
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4Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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5Using a mixer beat together cream cheese, butter, brown sugar and vanilla; until light, fluffy and smooth. Spread on fully cooled cake. Refrigerate leftovers.
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