Poke & Pour Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup oil
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°. spray and flour 12-cup fluted pan (i use baker's joy).
• 2 in a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, beat your brown sugar, water, oil, molasses and eggs for 3 minutes.
• 4 stir in the combined dry ingredients mixing well.
• 5 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 6 bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 as the cake is baking, combine the buttersauce ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, heating until butter melts.
• 8 prick hot cake deeply every inch with a long-tined fork.
• 9 spoon hot sauce over hot cake in pan. let stand 30 minutes, invert onto serving plate. serve warm or cool.