Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Greek Spice Cake

This is recipe from Taste of Home.  I followed the instructions exactly - no fiddling this time, and no need to.

Greek Spice Cake

Baking spray
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
1 cup buttermilk
3 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans

Coat 10 inch fluted pan with baking spray (cooking spray with flour) - or grease pan with shortening and coat with 2 Tablespoons flour.
In a large bowl, beat sugars, eggs, oil, buttermilk and extracts till well blended.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and baking soda.
Gradually add flour mixture to wet mixture, beating till well blended.
Stir in pecans.
Pour into greased pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
Can be dusted with confectioner's sugar (1 Tablespoon)

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