{"id":1624,"date":"2018-12-03T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2020-09-09T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:48:10","slug":"spice-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/spice-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Cake (gluten-free, whole grain, high altitude option)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moist, spiced and topped with a light cream cheese frosting<\/strong>, <\/em>this gluten-free Spice Cake is a great healthier dessert option for the Holiday season. Complete with a high altitude adjustment, so anyone can bake this cake!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That was how it was with this Spice Cake. After making Gingerbread Cake<\/a>, I fell in love and knew I wanted to make a similar cake, but something with more applesauce, less spicy, but yet still filled with spices. Spice Cake was calling my name.<\/p>\n I made this Spice Cake twice in the last month. Yeah, it’s good.<\/strong><\/p>\n The funny thing is, when I first made this cake, I immediately added it to my “must share on my blog” calendar. A couple weeks later, my Grandpa passed away.<\/p>\n A few days after he passed away I was talking to my Mom on the phone and she had made a Spice Cake for a dinner party. She told me, Spice Cake was one of my Grandpa’s favorite desserts, so she made it as a nod to remembering him (AND because Spice Cake is delicious!).<\/p>\n I had no idea when I made Spice Cake a few weeks prior that it was one of his favorite desserts.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, posting this, I feel connected to him, and that makes me totally emotional and happy<\/em> at the same time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My Grandpa was never a huge sweets lover, he pretty much ate anything but I always knew that one of the few things he really loved was Cherry Mash. Which, I always thought was weird. Who doesn’t love<\/strong><\/em> brownies or cookies best?!<\/p>\n It is HARD for me to imagine what that must feel like\u00a0<\/strong>but my Mom doesn’t have a big sweet tooth either, so I grew up watching my Mom make the cookies, and my Dad eating all of them. Lucky guy, huh? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n This Spice Cake is a perfect dessert for everyone, even those crazy<\/em> family members that aren’t big sweet eaters. <\/strong>\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n This gluten-free, whole grain Spice Cake is moist, thick but fluffy, and filled with the delicious and classic Spice Cake flavors of applesauce, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.<\/p>\n Topped with a light cream cheese frosting, just like my Gingerbread Cake<\/a>, that really seals the deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tangy, sweet, light and smooth… the cream cheese frosting is one I wouldn’t skimp out on! Sprinkle a few nuts on top and this simple, classic and easy recipe looks fancy and decadent in no time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I cut these Spice Cake pieces up before I let the frosting firm up a bit in the fridge, so it just sort of cascaded a bit over the sides. It was taaaaaasty \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Hopefully this Holiday Season you are making plenty of delicious treats for the people you love<\/strong>, whether they are physically with you or not, and maybe, just maybe<\/strong><\/em>, you can add this Spice Cake to your list of “must bake this Holiday season.” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Looking for more Holiday flavored desserts?<\/strong> Check out my Skinny Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes<\/a> or my Classic Thumbprint Cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Don’t forget to complete your Spice Cake with some light cream cheese frosting<\/a> on top!<\/p>\nHave you ever made something and then found out later that you made someone’s favorite food?<\/h2>\n
Do you have family members that don’t have a huge sweet tooth?<\/h3>\n
I mean, c’mon, look at that frosting.<\/h4>\n