Best Spice Cake Mix Reduced Sugar Recipes

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SUGAR-AND-SPICE LAYER CAKE



Sugar-and-Spice Layer Cake image

Tiers of moist spice cake, rich mascarpone frosting, and blackberry jam fill this dessert with everything nice.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cake Recipes

Time 3h

Number Of Ingredients 16

Vegetable oil cooking spray
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Pinch of ground cloves
Salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups blackberry jam (from one 17.5-ounce jar)
Simple Mascarpone Frosting
Cinnamon sugar, for garnish

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray, line with parchment, and spray parchment. Sift flours, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a bowl.
  • Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Continue to beat until smooth, about 1 minute more.
  • Divide batter among cake pans, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks, and let cool for 20 minutes. Turn out cakes from pans, remove parchment, and flip right side up. Let cool completely.
  • Trim tops of cakes to create a flat surface. Cut cakes in half horizontally. Spread 1/2 cup jam onto 1 layer, then spread 1 cup frosting over jam. Top with another cake layer. Repeat layering cakes with jam and frosting, leaving top layer (bottom side up) uncovered.Spread remaining frosting on top of cake, and garnish withcinnamon-sugar.

MOIST, TENDER SPICE CAKE



Moist, Tender Spice Cake image

This is a substantial yet tender spice cake that's flavorful enough to serve unadorned.

Provided by Ben S.

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Spice Cake Recipes

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 ½ cups bleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup cornstarch
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup milk
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup unsalted butter, softened until easily spreadable
2 cups dark brown sugar

Steps:

  • Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
  • Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
  • Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 274.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36.1 g, Cholesterol 66.6 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 221.5 mg, Sugar 18.5 g

SPICE CAKE MIX - REDUCED SUGAR



Spice Cake Mix - Reduced Sugar image

I enjoy using the Pillsbury reduced sugar cake mixes, but they only have 2 flavors. This recipe converts their yellow cake mix into a spice cake mix, while staying low sugar.

Provided by PalatablePastime

Categories     Dessert

Time 5m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box pillsbury reduced sugar yellow cake mix
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Steps:

  • Mix together and use where spice cake mixes are needed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 188.2, Fat 5.1, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 0.9, Sodium 283.5, Carbohydrate 34, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 18.8, Protein 1.9

HOMEMADE LOW-SUGAR CAKE MIX



Homemade Low-Sugar Cake Mix image

Use this homemade recipe in place of a low-sugar store-bought cake mix. Saves money, tastes great, and is easy to make. Replaces 6 low-sugar cake mix boxes. Store bags of cake mix in the pantry for 1 month or in the freezer for 3 months.

Provided by DonnaTMann

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Yellow Cake Recipes

Time 15m

Yield 72

Number Of Ingredients 7

3 ½ cups butter-canola oil blend
4 cups sucralose and sugar blend for baking (such as Splenda® sugar blend)
11 cups cake flour
1 ½ cups dry buttermilk powder
5 tablespoons baking powder
3 tablespoons salt
3 teaspoons baking soda

Steps:

  • Cut butter blend into sugar blend with a hand mixer in a very large bowl until it looks like coarse crumbs.
  • Combine cake flour, buttermilk powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in another large bowl. Add flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Separate cake mix into 6 large zip-top bags.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.5 calories, Carbohydrate 29.3 g, Cholesterol 3 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 527.9 mg, Sugar 12 g

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