Coffee & Spices Sponge Cake
photo by Katzen
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons ground coffee, Colombian
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 cup flour, white
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 -2 teaspoon cinnamon, freshly ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
- 1⁄4 teaspoon clove, freshly ground
- 3 eggs, large
- 1 cup sugar (vanilla or white)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, pure
- 1⁄4 cup butter, salted, warm, melted
directions
- Combine coffee and milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Steep over low heat for 10 minutes.
- Strain into a measuring cup. T.
- There should be 1/2 cup flavored milk.
- Keep the milk warm on low heat.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, set aside until needed.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs for two minutes at high speed until thick, then slowly add the sugar and beat for 4 to 5 minutes longer until the mixture is very light.
- Using a mixer on low speed, slowly beat in the flavored milk, just until blended.
- Now beat in the vanilla and slowly fold in the flour mixture just until blended, making sure not too overbeat.
- Lastly, fold in the melted butter, gently.
- Pour into a greased and floured 8-inch round cake pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 20-25 minutes until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cake cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely, then frost with your favorite chocolate buttercream or coffee frosting.
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Reviews
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Excellent cake. Whats not to love about spices coffee? when add you add cake to the formula it can't be anything but a winner. It has a rich coffee flavor without being overpowering. I may have upped the cinnamon just a touch (cough, doubled). I used 1/2 regular instant coffee and 1/2 espresso powder. Splenda replaced the sugar with no problem. When I saw the amount of batter I chose to use a single 9" cake pan which worked well. The cake doesn't need frosting but some no-sugar added ice cream didn't do it any harm *wink*. Thanks BK for another great recipe. Made for Santa's Secret in Photo Tag.
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Wow, such delicious cake! I find it so interesting that Annacia's cake turned out so much darker than mine did! I used the ground coffee, and cooked it as described, but only got 1/4 cup of thick, rich, coffee flavoured milk from it, so I added 1/4 cup of milk to make up the 1/2 cup. Like Annacia, I doubled the cinnamon. This is such a tender and gorgeous cake, and reminds me so much of spice cake. I love it! I did realize this morning that I didn't have any round pans (well, I can't find them), so I baked it in an 8x8 square pan, and it turned out perfect in 30 minutes. Thank you so much for posting this! Made for 1-2-3 Tag.
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All I can say is wow. I made this cake for Mother's Day. Even though the recipe should be doubled to make a real layer cake, I made a teeny one because I thought it would still be prettier than just a single circular cake. I used coffee frosting, and to make it look more decorated, I put pecans and almonds alternating in a circle around the outside of the top layer. Because I'm going to give it to my mom later this evening, I haven't tried the cake yet, but I did try a bit of the batter (shh), and I almost fell over because it was so delicious. I had a hard time straining out the milk (totally my fault for not using the proper equipment), so I just included the grounds, and it's still fabulous. I'm so excited and happy that I chose this for the occasion. Thanks so much!
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Winning recipe right here! Moist, full of flavor and uses my favorite things - coffee and spices. I did increase the cinnamon and nutmeg (almost doubled) because I LOVE these flavors and can never get enough. My cake had a nice dark tone to it and dusted with a bit of powdered sugar really made a showcase of a dessert. Perfect cake and one I know I'll make again as I love how it is just the perfect size too - not too little and not too much! Thanks BK for sharing a gem.
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