Dad's favorite spice cake
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| -Waldine Van Geffen VGHC42A | ||
| 3 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon; or 3 |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine; soft |
| 1¼ | cup | Granulated sugar |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar; packed |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| ¾ | cup | Water |
| 1¼ | cup | Semi-sweet chocolate morsels |
| GLAZE | ||
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| ¾ | cup | Semi-sweet chocolate morsels |
| 1 | tablespoon | Corn syrup |
Directions
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. In large mixer bowl, cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in dry ingredients alternately with water; stir in 1-¼ c morsels.
Spoon batter into greased and floured 10" fluted tube pan. Bake in preheated 350~ oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. GLAZE- in small heavy saucepan over low heat, melt ¾ c morsels, milk and corn syrup, stirring until smooth.
Cool for 10 minutes; pour over cake. Serve with ice cream. Source: Times-Picayune (wrv)