Grandma's Wonderful Spice Cake
 
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Ingredients
  • 60g / 2 oz butter
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 190g / 1½ cups sugar
  • 1½ tsp each cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, dissolved in 1 tbsp hot water
  • 320g / 2½ cups regular flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1½ cup buttermilk (I worked this out to 340g)
  • Icing sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees centigrade / gas mark 4.
  2. Cream the butter, add sugar, eggs, then spices and soda.
  3. Add the flour, with baking powder added, alternately with the buttermilk.
  4. Bake in a shallow, oblong pan for 30-35 minutes.
  5. For icing, you can beat the egg white until it foams, then add icing sugar to make a thick paste. Spread while the cake is slightly warm.
Recipe by Miss Thrifty at https://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/thrifty-recipe-grandmas-wonderful-spice-cake/