Coffee Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup cold strong coffee
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 3 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 make the coffee; use dark roast.
• 2 position oven rack in the center of oven; preheat to 350°. prepare 12-cup bundt pan as follows: prepare bundt pan using the following method—make a paste from 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 tablespoon flour ; apply it with a pastry brush, you can thoroughly coat the surface of the pan, including all the nooks and crannies (or use your preferred method to prepare bundt pan for baking a cake).
• 3 cream the shortening using a mixer on medium speed; add in the brown sugar gradually; increase mixer speed to med-high and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• 4 decrease mixer speed to low; add in the molasses, then add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 in a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices together.
• 6 add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the cream mixture, beat, then add 1/4 cup coffee and beat on medium until blended; repeat two more times.
• 7 pour batter into the pan, smooth off top with spatula.
• 8 bake for 45 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• 9 cool for 10-15 minutes in the pan, unmold onto a cake rack, and cool completely.
• 10 sprinkle with coarse sugar or dust with powdered sugar.