Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2009

Great cake!! I added a little nutmeg and replace the shortening with butter, like many of you did.. amazing! I topped it with a cream cheese frosting, and it was a big success!!

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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2008

Actually, I haven't tried the recipe yet, but I have been looking for years for my old favorite "Magic Spice Cake" recipe. It was put out by one of the cake flour companies, and I made it in the forties. It was one of the "new" one bowl cakes, and used sour milk that was created by putting vinegar in regular milk. This sounds a lot like the recipe. I won many prizes at the Umatilla (Oregona) County fair in the special cake category with this recipe. I used to frost it with sea foam frosting. I'm really hoping that this is the recipe I've searched for so long!

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Reviewed: Jun. 7, 2008

A delicious spice cake, but needed twice the amount of spices. Perhaps a little less salt or leavening too. Paired well with ginger ice cream.

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vw

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Home Town: Farmington, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: North Pole, Alaska, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2008

I would have prefered if it was more dense and moist.

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Meximama

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Home Town: Fallston, Maryland, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2008

I increased the spices to 1 tsp each. I didn't have buttermilk or even plain milk so I used my favorite standby of nonfat powdered milk. I added 1 tbsp of white vinegar and let sit 5 minutes. Worked great and had the advantage of reducing fat. Good thing because my hubby will eat one of these in a day!! It's his favorite.

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Nancy D

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Home Town: North Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Living In: Yukon, Oklahoma, USA

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Reviewed: May 3, 2008

This is my favorite spice cake recipe. I've made it 4 times now, and this time was my first making it at a high altitude (4500 feet), and with only very slight adjustments, it was still very moist! I changed from shortening to butter, because I like butter better, and I also added 1/4 tsp allspice, and an extra 1/4 tsp cinnamon for a spicier cake, because it just doesn't smell spicy enough for me the way the recipe calls for. For anyone at high altitudes, the only adjustments I made were I removed 1 tbsp sugar, and 1/8 tsp of baking powder, added 1 tbsp of 2% milk, 1 tbsp butter and 1 extra egg, and it came out moist, and didn't rise too early. It looked and tasted great with a simple cream cheese frosting.

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2008

Awesome cake! I made cupcakes with it, they took about 20 minutes to bake. It made about 19 cupcakes with a little bit left over. I would have liked it a little spicier, which is why I did only 4 stars instead of 5. I'd go ahead and use 1 tsp. of spices instead of 3/4. Also, if you're gonna frost it- use cream cheese frosting. I am not an experienced baker and just looked for an easy frosting recipe (which was a buttercream recipe). Didn't go so well. They both taste awesome separately, but together...

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Gonzo

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Home Town: Naperville, Illinois, USA

Living In: Lawrence, Kansas, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2008

This cake was wonderful and gone in no time. I made it for my fiance to take to work and someone took the leftovers home. The icing I made also came out wonderfully and I got many compliments o this cake. I would like to add a little more spices next time to get even more flavor. Whipped cream icing is wonderful on it!

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HeatherLovesBudgies

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Home Town: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008

There is a popular-brand cinnamon swirl cake mix that we can't get anymore where we live, and I was looking for a recipe here at Allrecipes.com to replace it. This recipe turned out to be nothing like what I was looking for, but I am SO glad I found it. Making the recipe exactly as written, the end product is a very dense cake with the texture of a good spice bread. Unlike most of the spice cakes I've had, it is not overpoweringly spicy, nor is it tremendously sweet. It's a refreshingly different kind of cake, and we all really enjoyed it. Some notes/suggestions: (1) I recommend making this in a single-layer rectangular pan. (2) When making this cake batter, it is very important that you beat the cake AS STATED for the times stated in the recipe. Your cake will not have the intended texture if you take shortcuts (like hand mixing or mixing for less time than called for) or if you overbeat the batter after the eggs have been added. So...follow the instructions. (3) If you don't like cloves, substitute ginger or allspice, etc. Just DON'T substitute all of them. Pick ONE as a substitute and go with that. Adding a tsp of three other flavors is going to overpower this cake and make it unfit to eat, in my opinion. This is a great recipe. Thanks so much for sharing it.

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Mrs. Nix

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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2008

It was too dry and I did as one reviewer suggested I added a full teaspoon of cinnamon and added 1 tsp. ginger, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/2 tsp. allspice but I found it to be too much flavor which is odd because I LOVE flavor.... Maybe I did something wrong.

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KS

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2007

This cake was perfect!! My family loved it!!

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Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2007

It was too dry for me but it had a good flavor.

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Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2007

This was great but I did make some changes. I didn't have buttermilk, so just used 1 c. milk and 1 TB lemon juice mixed in. Also, I did a full teaspoon of cinnamon and added 1 tsp. ginger, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/2 tsp. allspice since one reviewer said it was bland. These spices made it taste great. I just threw it all into one large rectangle cake pan instead of two round ones and it turned out fine.

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2006

This was my first spice cake ever, and it went over quite well with my extended family at Thanksgiving. Instead of icing it, I whipped up an applesauce recipe that I found on this site and served them together. They were a hit!!

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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2006

Not sure what went wrong but this recipe ended up extremely dry with little flavor. We threw it out.

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Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2005

I made this cake for a groom's cake at a friend's wedding. It was a huge hit. Everyone there wanted the recipe.

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2003

Delicious and easy to make! I personally subbed egg nog for the buttermilk to make a holiday cake. I also make a basic white frosting and flavored it with egg nog. Great Recipe! Lends itself well to modification.

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Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2002

Delicious!!

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Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2001

Dry..I was expecting a burst of flavours but found it bland. I used a cinamon sauce to soak it in hoping my guests will like it. I will never make this one again.

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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2000

This is one of the best spice cake recipes I have found, moist and delicious. My family is always requesting this one.

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