Spice Cake Recipe

  Cakes

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. cloves
1/8 tsp. ginger
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
Confectioners' sugar to sprinkle

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Grease 9-inch loaf pan.

3. In large bowl, cream butter with sugar and vanilla. Gradually stir in eggs and spices.

4. In seperate bowl, combine flour and baking powder; gradually stir flour mixture into egg mixture.

5. Pour batter into prepared pan; bake for 1 hour. Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Serves 10.
This cake should be stored for 24 hours to develop full flavor.

Spice Cake
 

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