Wonderfully fragrant and richly flavored with warming spices this
Spice Cake is definitely sugar, and spice and all things nice!
The Cake Slice Bakers continue to bake through - Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes by Aleksandra Crapanzano this year. Aleksandra, a James Beard Award–winning writer, shares her secrets of the cakes Parisians like to bake at home. Recipes such as a simple yogurt cake, a surprisingly easy Bûche De Noël, and Walnut Pear and Roquefort Madeleines will show you the surprising simplicity of a French cake.
This cake was quick and easy to pull together, as well as simple to bake. I love making spice mixes so I did make adjustments to the one provided in the recipe to suit my taste a little better, so don't be hesitant to adjust it to your favorite spices. One the cake had cooled down I served it with a little crème fraîche, which was a delicious accompaniment. One thought I had with this cake was that it would be really good with some heat added to it - maybe some cayenne pepper or it would also be good as a chocolate spice cake. My only other change was to sprinkle the batter with a little raw sugar to give it some crunch.
Spice Cake
Ingredients
Cake ~
- 125 ml (⅓ cup) whole milk
- 155 ml (½ cup) honey
- 75g (5 tablespoons) butter
- 1 large egg yolk
- 60g (½ cup) light brown sugar
- the zest of one orange
- 160g (1⅓ cups) cake flour
- 5g (1½ tablespoons) Mes Épices (recipe below)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Mes Épices ~
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoons ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
- ⅛ teaspoon ground mace
- 3 cloves
- half a small nutmeg, grated
- 3 green cardamom pods
Preparation
Cake ~
- Preheat the oven to 160℃ (315℉).
- Generously spray a 22 x 12 cm (8½ x 4½ inch loaf pan) with baking spray.
- In a medium saucepan, heat the milk and honey over a low heat, stirring until warm to the touch; set aside.
- In a small saucepan or microwave, melt the butter; set aside.
- In a stand mixer or using handheld electric beaters, beat the egg yolk with the brown sugar until smooth.
- Add the orange zest, and beat to combine.
- With the mixer running, pour in the warm milk and honey and beat until well combined.
- Place a sieve over the bowl and sift in the flour, spice mix, and baking soda and fold in these dry ingredients with a rubber spatula.
- Add the melted butter and fold that in.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Move the loaf pan to a wire cooling rack and allow it to come to room temperature.
Mes Épices ~
- Combine all of the ingredients in a spice grinder, or a clean coffee grinder, or a high-powered blender (like a Vitamix), and grind to a fine powder.
- Note - this recipe makes enough for 2 loaves.
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