This dish will be a hit at any gathering because it is moderate yet spicy.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch cake |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk, at room temperature
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl until well combined.
- Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Add in half of the flour mixture, and stir until just combined. Pour in buttermilk, and mix until just combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the middle of the cake springs back lightly when touched, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting, cream butter in a large bowl until smooth. Add cream cheese and beat until thoroughly combined. Mix in confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup at a time, and beat until smooth after each addition. Mix in vanilla and salt. Add in heavy cream and beat until frosting is smooth, about 2 minutes. Frost cooled cake as desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 587 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 71 g |
| Cholesterol | 131 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 20 g |
| Sodium | 499 mg |
| Sugars | 54 g |
| Fat | 32 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Cozy and delicious cake. I had some leftover cream cheese frosting to use up so I made a half recipe with two eggs. I didn’t have any allspice, so that was the only change. My cake fit into an 8X8 pan and I baked it for 40 minutes. Great for the cold weather.
I made this cake today and followed the recipe exactly. Loved the fragrance of all the spices filling the air as it baked. The cake is delicious and such a nice change of pace. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I have saved it to my Pinterest board and will make again.
No changes made. All my family loves spice cake and this recipe was a winner. Thanks for sharing.
I love cake but my husband isn’t that big of a fan of it. He asked me to make this a second time. The cake really goes well with the cream cheese frosting
I used i/2 C butter and 1/2 C light olive oil in the cake to reduce saturated fat and added some toasted chopped walnuts to the top of the icing. It was excellent.
Delicious, easy to follow recipe.
This cake is delicious. The picture with the recipe moved me to try it. I wasn’t disappointed. I may try lining the bottom of the pan with parchment when I bake the next one ( it was slightly resistant to being removed from the pan, but stayed intact.) Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this recipe. It was delicious! This is a keeper.
I never have buttermilk in the house, but I did have a container of 2% milk that was starting to turn (it’s perfectly good for baking, look it up). I added a teaspoon of lemon juice and let the milk sit for a few minutes to make a homemade buttermilk sub. I also soaked some golden raisins in warm water for a while and then added them to the batter. So really no major changes and the cake came out moist and delicious.
Excellent recipe! My cake was moist, perfect texture, balanced spicey sweet flavor. Cream cheese icing is the perfect compliment. I will definitely make it again.
Excellent cake! Great balance of flavors. Will stay in my rotation. Thank you for sharing!