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Spice Cake I

“This cake is delicious, my grandmother gave me this recipe two years ago. She brought it to my house to give to my family when my baby sister was born. I remember that I had six pieces of it while my mother and grandmother were talking! It was gone by the next day, and guess who ate the last few pieces... that is right , yours truly! It is a lot like a sweet brownie.”

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2009

I have to change my review on this. I reviewed this immediately after baking and it was very good. However, an hour later my cake was as hard as advanced calculus! I'm not sure what went wrong but I had to throw out my whole cake. I will not be making this again.

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boux

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Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2009

This is my favorite cake on this site so far! I love it! It is such a wonderful cake to serve with coffee. I followed the recipe exactly and I don't think it needs any changes at all. I also never have a problem with it coming out too dry. Mine is nice and moist. A few times when I wanted something extra, I added some cream cheese frosting on top. That was absolutely delicious as well! I make this cake at least once a week in my house. Everyone loves it. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe!

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Goldana

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2008

Excellent flavor...just what I was looking for. I did think it was a bit dry, but not too bad though. I don't like coffee, so I just used orange juice instead.

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Pommerenk Mama

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Anaheim, California, USA

Living In: Long Beach, California, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2008

Moist and easy to make. I doubled the spices - and next time I may use espresso instead of regular coffee for more flavor.

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Dominique

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2008

very good, spices are just right. i did add 2 eggs instead of 1, and put a box of vanilla pudding in the mix. It was nice and moist. I used cream cheese icing on it. The family loved it. The cake was gone in one day.

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Dawn Hartline

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Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2008

This cake had a nice flavor but came out dry and very dense. I would make it again if I could figure out how to make it more moist and with a lighter texture.

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martha16

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Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2004

This cake is a wonderful cake, it is very simple I have made it now as it stands about 4 and I still have people, that ask me to make it for them... just because they love it, it have never been too dry not one of the times that I made it. It is a very simple cake, but good, it can maybe be a morning cake with some coffee or tea. I would think, also I made it with a homemade cream cheese frosting... just wonderful...

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2002

this came out very dry-the taste was ok. Will not make it again.

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melissa

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2002

This is a great old fashioned kind of cake you don't see much anymore. Some of the other people who did reviews said it was too dry and wasn't sweet enough. I liked that it wasn't too sweet, and I found the texture to be so much better than those squishy box mix cakes. It doesn't need a frosting, I found it was fantastic with a dusting of powdered sugar and a little cinnamon on top. I'm going to let this sit overnight and have a piece or two tomorrow. It'll be perfect with a cup of tea.

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Klayton

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Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2002

I was very meticulous in the preparation of this recipe yet this cake was dry and tasted terrible. My husband's favorite is spice cake, and he told me to throw the cake away as he would not eat any more of it. It lacked the proper combination of spice flavors and had an odd aftertaste.

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HELLSBELLE

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Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2002

The texture of this cake was really nice and it came out moist. I'm not sure but I think it was the coffee flavor that my family didn't like very much.

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MEGWEST

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Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2001

THis is a TOP receipe and kids absoulutley LOVE it! I know. I'm a kid. And it really easy. I made it all by myself!!!

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2000

Good flavor, but on the dry side.

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2000

This cake was on the dry side, and it seemed to be missing some other spice. It wasn't real bad but I don't think I will be adding it to my recipe box.

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Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2000

I made this cakea coupleweeks ago and everyone loved it. My husband's friends said that it was a "perfect cake". No frosting is required. It tastes good without. If you were to use a frosting I would probably suggest a creamcheese or sourcream frosting.

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