Spiced Sponge Cake
Hey sweet friends! Are you about ready for fall to kick in yet?
Because I decided to start rolling out some of my favorite fall recipes. I know, I know, it’s still August. But I just can’t wait for the wonderful spices and flavors that are traditional to fall inspired recipes. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those crazed PUMPKIN SPICE ALL THE THINGS!!! people. No pumpkin spice soap or air fresheners for me! But I do love me some aromatic spices to get that fall feeling going on. I may be jumping the gun a little but in my opinion
So I am going to start with my wonderful Spiced Sponge Cake recipe. This is a deeply spiced and flavorful sponge cake. This is not a dense and heavy cake like a carrot cake base, but a light and fluffy version that has a full, pungent spice flavor.
I start with my wonderfully moist Vanilla Sponge Cake recipe and add a TON of warm fall spices. The usual spice culprits are involved but I like to punch it up a notch with ginger & cardamom as well as a pinch of fine ground black pepper for just a little kick.
This Spiced Sponge Cake is AWESOME topped with my fluffy & lightly tangy Cream Cheese Swiss Buttercream. This is a light, fluffy & PIPEABLE cream cheese frosting!
INGREDIENTS
for full instructions please see : shanissweetart.com
Because I decided to start rolling out some of my favorite fall recipes. I know, I know, it’s still August. But I just can’t wait for the wonderful spices and flavors that are traditional to fall inspired recipes. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those crazed PUMPKIN SPICE ALL THE THINGS!!! people. No pumpkin spice soap or air fresheners for me! But I do love me some aromatic spices to get that fall feeling going on. I may be jumping the gun a little but in my opinion
So I am going to start with my wonderful Spiced Sponge Cake recipe. This is a deeply spiced and flavorful sponge cake. This is not a dense and heavy cake like a carrot cake base, but a light and fluffy version that has a full, pungent spice flavor.
I start with my wonderfully moist Vanilla Sponge Cake recipe and add a TON of warm fall spices. The usual spice culprits are involved but I like to punch it up a notch with ginger & cardamom as well as a pinch of fine ground black pepper for just a little kick.
This Spiced Sponge Cake is AWESOME topped with my fluffy & lightly tangy Cream Cheese Swiss Buttercream. This is a light, fluffy & PIPEABLE cream cheese frosting!
INGREDIENTS
- 2.5 cups all purpose flour 313 grams
- 2.5 cups granulated white sugar 494 grams
- 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
- .5 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- .5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- .25 teaspoon fine ground black pepper
- 1.25 cups whole milk alternately use coconut or hazelnut milk
- 3 ounces salted butter
- 5 large whole eggs room temperature1
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- .5 teaspoon orange extract or use 1 tablespoon fresh orange zest
for full instructions please see : shanissweetart.com