French Four-Spice Cake with Browned Butter Spice Frosting Recipe

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French Four-Spice Cake with Browned Butter Spice Frosting
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
1177
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp quatre epices
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 tsp quatre epices
  • 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour a 9-in. square pan.
  2. Make cake: Beat butter, brown sugar, and zest in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until well blended. In another bowl, combine flour and other dry ingredients. Add flour mixture to butter mixture one-third at a time, alternating with buttermilk half at a time, and beating on low speed after each addition until blended. Spread batter in pan.
  3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool on a rack, 10 minutes. Loosen cake from pan with a slender spatula, then invert onto a rack. Re-invert onto another rack; cool completely.
  4. Make frosting: Cook butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until deep golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour into a mixer bowl, let cool, then chill until firm enough to beat, about 30 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except for nuts and beat until fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes, occasionally scraping inside of bowl.
  5. Split cake horizontally with a long serrated knife. Lift off top layer with 2 wide spatulas. Set bottom layer on a platter, then spread with half of frosting. Replace top layer. Spread top of cake with remaining frosting, then sprinkle with nuts.
  6. Quatre épices
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1177.13 Kcal (4928 kJ)
Calories from fat 566.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 62.89g 97%
Cholesterol 80.63mg 27%
Sodium 1420mg 59%
Potassium 2035.43mg 43%
Total Carbs 145.46g 48%
Sugars 89.74g 359%
Dietary Fiber 2.63g 11%
Protein 13.44g 27%
Vitamin C 1mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Calcium 168.8mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 450.3 Kcal (1885 kJ)
Calories from fat 216.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.06g 97%
Cholesterol 30.85mg 27%
Sodium 543.21mg 59%
Potassium 778.63mg 43%
Total Carbs 55.65g 48%
Sugars 34.33g 359%
Dietary Fiber 1.01g 11%
Protein 5.14g 27%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 7%
Iron 0.7mg 10%
Calcium 64.6mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.3
    Points
  • 33
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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