Spice Cake Recipe - Dark beer and molasses, plus a few other spices!


	Spice Cake Recipe "Made with dark beer!" This spice cake recipe is given a boost by dark beer. This cake is dense. It's not like a Betty Crocker cake mix. There is a teeny tiny bit of anise called for in this recipe. BUT you can skip it if you want. Anise is just an Italian cake thing we do. Well really, we put it in more than just cakes. It's a standby in many of our Italian dessert recipes. Just remember you're the cook. What you say goes! If you don't want it, this cake will turn out fantastic with the flavoring from the molasses, beer and ginger. The anise just gives it that distinct Italian flavor. There are many substitutions you can work with. They are listed below. Thanks for visiting my site. I began posting my recipes in September of '09. And lo and behold I've had enough visitors to at least pay for a few eggs and flour. Yep, I finally get get paid for writing and building this lil site. Kinda nice since I hated my previous jobs! :-) Please come back often. You can book mark the "What's New" page. It shows the recipes I add every few days. Spice Cake Recipe YIELD: One dense spice cake Ingredients: * 1 cup of dark beer (Guinness type)- finish the rest while you are cooking. Don't waste! * 1 cup of molasses * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 3 eggs * 1 cup of soft brown sugar * 1 cup of vegetable oil * 2 cups flour * 2 tablespoon of (powdered) ginger. * 1 teaspoon anise extract (TOTALLY OPTIONAL!) * 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg * 2 teaspoons of cinnamon * 1/4 teaspoon salt Procedure * Pre-heat oven to 350 F. * Combine beer and molasses in a saucepan. Bring to boil. * Pull the pan off of heat. Add the baking powder and watch it foam. Wait till it's done foaming. * In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and the sugar until they are pale. * Add the oil and whisk till all is combined and then add to beer mixture. * Add SIFTED dry ingredients - and whisk together. * Pour into bundt or tube pan. * Bake for 50-60 minutes. Till skewer or toothpick comes out clean. * Wait at least 20 minutes before trying to get this guy out of the pan. Does it HAVE to be a dark beer? Well it sure does flavor nice. And you did want a spice cake recipe, right? Really I think any beer would work. I've made this spice cake recipe with a light beer and nothing catastrophic happened. Do I have to use anise? Nope. Just leave it out. You can substitute nutmeg or cinnamon for it if you wish Looking for toppings or icings for this? The absolute best would be to use: Orange Glaze But if you don't want to make that there a few other things that would work: Melted Orange Marmalade Candied Orange Peel Powdered sugar dusting I hope you try a couple of the Italian dessert recipes on this site. I love to cook and share my recipes. Thanks for stopping by! Back to the top of the spice cake recipe. Other Italian Cake Recipes Almond Cake Recipe Amaretto Cake Recipe Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake *Apple Pound* Cake Applesauce Cake Recipe Beer Cake Blueberry Cake Recipe Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe Cappuccino Cake Caramel Cake Chocolate Amaretto Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Chocolate Torte Recipe Chocolate Walnut Cake Coconut Layer Cake Coconut Cake Recipe Date Bread Double Chocolate Brownie Recipe Eggnog Cake Recipe Flourless Chocolate Torte Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Cake Italian Cream Cake Recipe Italian Rum Cake Recipe Jelly Roll Recipe Key Lime Cake Lady Fingers Recipe Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Mint Brownie Recipe Peach Cake Recipe Poppyseed Cake Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Pear Cake Recipe Pineapple Carrot Cake Pistachio Cake Recipe Plum Cake Recipe Pumpkin Cake Pumpkin Bread Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake Ricotta Cake Spice Cake Recipe Sour Cream Cake Recipe The BEST Tiramisu Recipe Walnut Cake Recipe Whipped Cream Recipe Yogurt Cake Frostings - Glazes - Icings Click here to see my cake frosting recipes. Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**
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