POKE & POUR SPICE CAKE

Poke & Pour Spice Cake image

I love the smell of spices. I love spice cake! The butter sauce further sweetens it and makes it wonderfully moist. Good with Cool Whip or whipped cream.

Provided by lilquiz

Categories Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup molasses
2 eggs
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup water

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray and flour 12-cup fluted pan (I use Baker's Joy).
In a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients.
In a mixing bowl, beat your brown sugar, water, oil, molasses and eggs for 3 minutes.
Stir in the combined dry ingredients mixing well.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
As the cake is baking, combine the buttersauce ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, heating until butter melts.
Prick hot cake deeply every inch with a long-tined fork.
Spoon hot sauce over hot cake in pan. Let stand 30 minutes, invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 5643.1, Fat 269.3, SaturatedFat 86.6, Cholesterol 667, Sodium 3206.6, Carbohydrate 786.1, Fiber 10.8, Sugar 512.7, Protein 43.1