Buttermilk Spice Cake
I love the mild cream cheese frosting with this spice cake but it also works with chocolate frosting. This cake can be made with part whole wheat pastry flour, and aerate all flour before measuring. - Jenny Jones
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Makes: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon each: cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, & salt
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil (I use avocado oil)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk
- 2 ounces reduced fat cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-3 teaspoons milk
Frosting:
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease an 8 or 9-inch round cake pan.
- Sift dry ingredients onto wax paper or into a bowl. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer on high, beat the sugar, oil & eggs for 2 minutes until thickened.
- On lowest speed add the buttermilk followed by the flour mixture.
- Spread into pan and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan.
- In a bowl with an electric hand mixer beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Very slowly add just enough milk to get a spreading consistency.
- Frost just the top in the pan or remove to a plate and frost the top and sides.
Frosting:
No Buttermilk? See "Substitutions" in my blog.
Made this today and it’s awesome. Delicious, moist and a beautiful blend of spices!
I made this cake today for the first time, it came out perfect , texture nice and soft, spice combination just right! Cream cheese icing the perfect touch, thank you for this recipe.
This is A+ in flavour. Tastes like gingersnap cookies before the frosting goes on. Love the simplicity of your recipes, I’m grateful to have found your site. Baking is helping my anxiety.
Can I reduce the sugar in the spice cake
My husband is a diabetic 2
Very good cake! I doubled the recipe and used a 9 by 13 cake pan. I also used applesauce in place of the oil.For buttermilk I put vinegar in the milk. It tasted good to me!
Love this cake, did use 1/2 pastry flour, would not make it any other way, cream cheese icing was so good, compliments the spices very well, I used 8” pan, because I wanted a higher cake, worked very well, thanks so much for sharing?
Made this for my husbands bday today..?
Came out awesome ??
?Thank u…????
Does anyone have a recipe for a palatable non-dairy frosting?
I use coconut milk to replace dairy for many recipes as I don’t have dairy milk oh hand. It will be completely interchangeable for the frosting.
But you will need to add about 2 teaspoons of vinegar to the coconut milk for the cake part.
Some people use almond, soy or some other milks, I just prefer coconut and I live in Hawaii where it is used in many recipes so I keep it on hand.
Good luck1
Has anyone used this recipe to make cupcakes?
Had my sister in law and husband for lunch today, I made the coconut cake for dessert, and in conversation told she and her husband about my new best cook, Jenny can cook, her husband got on laptop, they were in hysterics, she said I remember her!!!, she said he will be up all night watching your videos, he doesn’t even cook, very entertaining afternoon, will make this buttermilk cake tomorrow, great recipes for one layer cakes, thank you so much, love your recipes, both retired, looking for simple healthy recipes, cannot find round 9” parchment papers anywhere, never even knew they made them, will cut them out from the roll and continue my search.
The recipe worked out great, used a gluten-free flour and increased the spices since mine had been hanging around for a bit longer than one should. Thanks for a great working recipe and all your work – cheers
This cake is fabulous! I used 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of allspice because I didn’t have the other spices on hand. Turned out great! Thank you Jenny for sharing your recipes! I’ve made several of them and they always turn out delicious. Thanks to you I’m becoming a better cook! Homemade donuts are next….?
Can we sub buttermilk with Almond milk
No. Please see Substitutions in my blog.
I made this cake exactly to the recipe using half whole wheat pastry flour. It’s very good and not too sweet.
LOVE ALL YOUR RECIPES,AND YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO FUNNY,KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.I AM A SENIOR AND WATCHED YOUR TV SHOW ALOT YEARS AGO, AM A BIG FAN.I MAKE ALOT OF YOUR RECIPES AND THEIR SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAPPY 2017 TO YOU N YOUR FAMILY.
DELICIOUS CAKE!
WE HAVE LOVED ALL OF THE RECIPES!
THANK YOU JENNIE AND A HEALTHY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017
TO YOU AND TO YOURS.
BARBO
Jenny We love your videos your so cute and funny. Please ,please, make more !!
Thanks for all you do! Love the oh so healthier and so simple recipes.
I liked the video’s as well…
they made me smile and also, it made me think I could cook anything!
even if I can’t cook fancy dishes!
Jenny. I have made all of your recipes. This one was awesome. You make cooking and baking more fun and enjoyable.
Dave BAKER
So love your recipes. Also I love the videos, wish you had thementioned for All your recipes!
Thanks!
Reading the recipe makes my mouth Water. I can smell the spices already! Your recipes are the best – simple, easy to follow, (somewhat ?) healthy, inexpensive, and always delicious! ?
I just found what to have for our Christmas “spice” flavor for guests, this year. It sounds so good! Thank you Jenny.
Wow this looks delicious can’t wait to make it thank you so much for all of you delicious recipes you are a wonderful person God bless you for taking the time to share them.
Yum! I will make this over next weekend. Is it on YouTube? Love your channel.
I have to make this! Looks delicious and usually anything with buttermilk in it is. This Polish girl first made your pierogi recipe two Easters ago and now it’s a tradition at our house. Having the video to watch made it very doable. Yum! Thank you!
Love your recipes! I have made many of them and they have been a hit.
I am curious why you are not making videos anymore? Your videos are very good and you are funny. Many years ago I watched you on your TV show and it were great.
PLEASE CONSIDER RETURNING TO MAKING VIDEOS!!
Yes, I agree. I love the “jenny can cook videos” I miss them so much. Get on line just to look for them all the time. I made her baby back ribs and now I am hooked. Hubby and I love love love them. Best I ever had and I didn’t even like ribs before.
Am wondering if you used to be “penpals” with some Texas gals… If so, please email me. Would like to renew our friendship! 🙂
Thank you Jenny for your recipes. I love them. I make pizza at home that tastes as good as pizza hut or any other good pizzeria. And the wonderful bread recipes, as Tony the Tiger would say their great. And also all the other good recipes, now I can say (Jimmy can cook). Thanks again.
yum, Yum and YUM! This sounds exactly like what I’m craving!!!! Thank you for the recipe.
Fab Jen thank you?
How much buttermilk?
Oh My! Thank you for telling me. I just fixed it. (1/2 cup) How embarrassing that I missed that – and it’s a Buttermilk Cake! 😛