Spice
Cake
by
Jim Eaton
Ingredients:
1 ½ sticks room temp butter
2 eggs
15 oz ricotta cheese
1 cup raisons
¾ cup chopped, toasted walnuts
1¾ cup unbleached white flour
1 cup granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon cardamom
1 teaspoon all spice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons dried ground ginger
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons vanilla
Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Butter and flour Bundt cake pan or line 9” round pan
with parchment and grease sides using 1-2 tablespoons of the
butter and enough flour to coat the pan.
3. Add vanilla to eggs and set aside
4. Add ricotta to food processor and blend until smooth.
5. Measure all dry ingredients into medium bowl. Whisk until
combined. Sift into larger bowl until uniformly mixed (2-3 siftings.)
6. Combine butter and both sugars in mixer bowl. Mix at medium
until combined.
7. Add egg and vanilla to sugar mixture and mix at medium high
speed. Scrape down sides of mixer.
8. Add ricotta. Mix at medium speed until well combined and
fluffy.
9. Add half of dry mixture to wet ingredients. Mix slowly until
most of the dry ingredients are combined.
10. Add remain dry mixture and combine. Scrape sides of bowl.
11. Add raisons and walnuts (if using); mix with a wooden spoon
until incorporated.
12. Pour finished batter into prepared pan, place pan on rimmed
baking sheet and bake for 50-75 minutes or until cake is no
longer wobbly and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out
clean.
13. Cool 20 minutes – turn out of baking pan onto cooling
rack over rimmed baking dish lined with aluminum foil.
14. Glaze with Citrus Glaze, while still warm – recipe
follows
15. Transfer to serving platter.
Citrus Glaze
Ingredients:
12 - 15 tablespoons powdered sugar
Zest 1 orange
Juice half orange
Method:
Mix juice and zest in bowl.
Add 6 tablespoons of the sugar and mix.
Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time until a smooth, thick paste
is formed.
