Spice Layer Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Cream Cheese Frosting

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fenway @Fenway

This cake is quick and easy to make and is very light and moist and full of flavor. It can be kept as a two layer cake and frosted all over if you prefer!

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Ingredients

30 mins
  1. 2 1/2 cupall-purpose flour
  2. 1/4 cupcornstarch
  3. 4 tspbaking powder
  4. 1/2 tspsalt
  5. 2 tspground ginger
  6. 1 tspground cinnamon
  7. 1/2 tspground nutmeg
  8. 1/2 tspground cloves
  9. 1 cupwhole milk
  10. 3large eggs
  11. 1 tspvanilla extract
  12. 1 cupunsalted butter ( 2 sticks ), at room temperature
  13. 2 cupgranulated sugar
  14. 1/2 cupraisins ( optional )
  15. 1recipe Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting, recipe attached below
  16. 1 tbspcinnamon sugar, recipe attached below
  17. 1 tbspchopped pecans

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350. Spray 2 - 9 inch cake pans with non stick spray.

  2. 2

    In a medium bowl whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, mix well and set aside.

  3. 3

    In a large bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes, add eggs, milk and vanilla beat until combined. Add flour mixture mixing just until combined, do not over mix., fold in raisins, if using.

  4. 4

    Divide batter evenly in prepared pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick inseted in center comes out clean.

  5. 5

    Cool in pans on rack about 15 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely.

  6. 6

    For a four layer cake, using a sharp large knife cut each ccooled cake in half, to make four layers

  7. 7

    Place one layer of cake on serving plate, frost top with 1/4 of the Vanilla Buttercream Cream Cheese Frosting, add another layer and frost top, add third layer and frost top, finally add top layer and frost top of that. I did not frost sides.

    https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/363307-vanilla-buttercream-cream-cheese-frosting

  8. 8

    Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and chopped pecans.

    https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/350614-cinnamon-sugar

  9. 9

    Because of the cream cheese in the frosting, this cake is best stored in refrigerator, but served at room temperature.

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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