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Don Juan's Spice Cake
This cake is nothing like your normal vanilla or chocolate dessert. Filled with Don Juan Chiles cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves, the flavor profile of this cake is indescribable.
This recipe works well as winter or holiday staple, but is just as delicious in any season with a cup of hot coffee.
Feel free to bake this cake ahead of time as it stays both moist and full of flavor for a couple of days inside of an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator, but be sure to serve at room temperature.
This cake is great topped with powdered sugar, cream cheese frosting, or nothing at all!
¡Provecho!
ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 tsp Don Juan’s Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Don Juan’s Baking Soda
- 1 ½ tsp Don Juan’s Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Don Juan’s Ground Ginger
- 1/2 tsp Don Juan’s Ground Nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp Don Juan’s Ground Cloves
- 1 pinch Don Juan’s Sea Salt
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded apple (or shredded carrot)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup vegetable oil
thoughts before starting
Utilize a little extra of your ground spices or some whole Don Juan’s Cinnamon Sticks to decorate the top of your cake!
what you'll need to start
9×13 inch pan, mixing bowl, whisk, and mixing spoon.
directions
- First, grease your 9×13 inch pan and preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Whisk your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, and ground cloves together
- Add in the oil, brown sugar, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla–whisk until combined
- Next, add in your shredded apple and fold it in carefully using your mixing spoon. Do this until combined, no need to use a whisk
- Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes. The cake is finished when a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly from the center of the cake
- Allow for the cake to cool completely and decorate with powdered sugar, spices, or your favorite frosting if desired