Spice Cake Recipe and Browned Butter Frosting

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour adds more fiber and nutrients.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: applesauce

Applesauce reduces fat and adds moisture.

Measure all of your ingredients before starting.

Stir all of the dry ingredients together and set it aside.

Place the room temperature butter into your mixing bowl and slowly add the sugar.

Mix at high speed for about 2 minutes, scraping the bowl and beater occasionally.

Crack all of your eggs into a bowl, ensuring they are at room temperature.

Add two eggs at a time to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing after each addition on medium-high, scraping the bowl occasionally.

Add the dry ingredients to the mixture, alternating with the milk and vanilla, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.

Scrape down your bowl a couple of times throughout and mix for 2 minutes at medium-high speed.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans.

Bake at 335°F for about 35 minutes or until the top of the cakes spring back when pressed.

Remove the cakes from the pans and cool them down completely.

Wrap the layers in plastic and freeze them.

Make the brown butter filling by adding butter to a pan over medium heat and bringing it to a boil.

Stir until you see the butter start to brown, then remove from the heat.

Pour the melted butter into a casserole dish, ensuring to get all the little brown bits, and refrigerate until semi-firm.

Beat the softened cream cheese in a bowl.

Add the brown butter to the cream cheese and mix well, scraping down the bowl.

Add the vanilla, confectionery sugar, and salt to the mixture and mix well.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens