Best Spiced Lemon Cake Recipes

SPICE CAKE WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• For the spice cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the inside of a 10-inch Bundt pan with cooking spray.
• Cream the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
• Add the eggs to the creamed butter, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the sour cream, alternating with the flour mixture, beginning and ending with the flour and beating until no flour is visible -- don't overbeat.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan; tap the pan on the counter to remove any air pockets. Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool slightly in the pan, 5 to 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack while still warm.
• For the lemon sauce: Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs and granulated sugar in the top of a double boiler over medium heat. Stir in the lemon juice, zest and butter. Cook until thickened, whisking often, about 30 minutes.
• Serve the cake warm or room temperature with the lemon sauce.

LEMON-SPICE VISITING CAKE

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven, and heat it to 350. Butter an 8 1/2-inch loaf pan (Pyrex works well), dust with flour and tap out the excess. (For this cake, bakers' spray isn't as good as butter and flour.) Place on a baking sheet.
• Whisk the 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, cardamom, ginger and salt together.
• Put the sugar in a large bowl, and grate the zest of the lemon(s) over the sugar. Squeeze the lemon(s) to produce 3 tablespoons juice, and set this aside. Using your fingers, rub the sugar and zest together until the mixture is moist and aromatic. One at a time, add the eggs, whisking well after each. Whisk in the juice, followed by the heavy cream. Still using the whisk, gently stir the dry ingredients into the batter in two additions. Stir the vanilla into the melted butter, and then gradually blend the butter into the batter. The batter will be thick and have a beautiful sheen. Scrape it into the loaf pan.
• Bake for 70 to 75 minutes (if the cake looks as if it's getting too dark too quickly, tent it loosely with foil) or until a tester inserted deep into the center of the cake comes out clean. Transfer to a rack, let rest for 5 minutes and then carefully run a blunt knife between the sides of the cake and the pan. Invert onto the rack, and turn over. Glaze now, or cool to room temperature.
• For the glaze: Bring the marmalade and water to a boil. Brush the glaze over the top of the warm cake, and allow to it to set for 2 hours. The glaze will remain slightly tacky.
• When the cake is completely cool, wrap in plastic to store. If it's glazed, wrap loosely on top.

SPICE CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• For the cake, mix the currants and boiling water and set aside.
• Sift flour, cornstarch, baking soda and powder together.
• Then sift spices with the flour mixture.
• Cream the sugar, corn syrup, vanilla extract, and lemon juice in a large bowl.
• Whisk in about 1/3 of the dry ingredients, then half of the water-currant mixture.
• Then whisk in another third of the dry ingredients and remainder of the water-currants.
• Finally, add the last third of the flour.
• Lightly spray a tube pan (Bundt) with vegetable oil spray, then pour in the batter.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
• Run a knife around the edges, remove cake from pan and set it on a rack.
• Prick a number of holes in it with a fork or toothpicks.
• Combine the glaze ingredients (yogurt, confectioners sugar, and 2t lemon juice) and mix until well blended.
• Spread some of the glaze evenly on the top, aloowing to drip on the sides.
• Periodically add more glaze as the cake cools and it absorbs the previous glazing's liquid.