Spice Cake!

Baked: April 10th, 2010

A couple weeks ago at school I had been walking around during lunch when I saw a hue group of students huddling around a table, digging into a certain something. I lean over a couple of their heads to see a bunch of forks digging into spice cake! Let me remind you that up until now I hadn't had spice cake very often and I wasn't really sure how it tasted, but after I had my first bite I knew that I had to make it for the people at PATH... asap! So I asked my teacher, Ms. Fauber, for the recipe and she said she actually used cake mix for it (thank you Duncan Hines!) and it was simply called "Spice Cake". So I bought the cake mix, made it once for my self and my math class, and they completely adored it! I went home, googled a recipe for "spice cake" and found this link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/holiday-spice-cake-recipe/reviews/index.html

I decided to use a food network recipe because it is a bit more reliable. It got great reviews so I headed out to the market, picked up my supplies and come Saturday morning, I got to work. Here are some pictures:

The cake was again pretty easy to make, so I think next time I'm going to go for something a bit more challenging...I'm thinking cinnamon buns? Anyways, I thought it would be pretty fun to make a design on the cake to give it a little bit of edge, so I drew on a star. I did this by mixing some cinnamon with sugar, putting it in a bag, snipping off the end and just using it as a "piping pencil" for the design. The extra cupcake I made using the batter was pretty delicious, so I hope they enjoyed the cake! This cake would be great for all occasions and it really is a crowd pleaser--make it whenever! Thanks for reading and until next time, stay blissful!

Sincerely,

The Blissful Baker