I would like a recipe for a spice cake with a hard orange icing that my mother used to make.?

Question

Sadly this recipe cannot be found by any family member. It was wonderful.

Answer 1

Maybe a friend or neighbor of you mother may have the recipe....keep checking other alternatives. Thank goodness I have all of my Mother's recipes. She passed 8 years ago.

MOIST, TENDER SPICE CAKE:
2 1/2 cups bleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup milk
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup unsalted butter, softened until easily spreadable
2 cups dark brown sugar
Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.
Spread Orange Glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down side. (recipe below)

SPICE CHIFFON CAKE:
2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
7 egg yolks
7 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves in large bowl. Beat in water, oil and egg yolks with electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
With clean beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large bowl on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gradually pour egg yolk mixture over beaten egg whites, folding with rubber spatula just until blended. Pour into ungreased angel food cake pan (tube pan), 10x4 inches.
Bake 55 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake about 10 minutes longer or until top springs back when touched lightly. Immediately turn pan upside down onto heatproof funnel or bottle. Let hang about 2 hours or until cake is completely cool. Loosen side of cake with knife of long metal spatula; remove from pan. Spread Orange Glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down side.

ORANGE GLAZE ICING:
2 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
2 to 4 Tablespoons hot water
Mix powdered sugar, butter and orange extract. Stir in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until smooth and consistency of thick syrup.

Buttermilk Spice Cake
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_12735,00.html

Good luck!

Answer 2

lol........i'll ask my mother.