https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904067#M20752 <P>Years ago, first in my NYC HS cafeteria and then later on coffee carts and/or cafeterias at places I worked, I used to love a chocolate spice cake that they sold. It was round, maybe about 5" across, and had a not-too-sweet frosting - more of a ganache, really. This is the closest recipe I could find to those little cakes:<BR /> <BR /> <SPAN style="font-size: large;">Chocolate Spice Cake</SPAN><BR /> <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Ingredients:<BR /> <BR /> Servings: 12<BR /> <BR /> 1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening<BR /> 2 cups sugar<BR /> 4 eggs, yolks and whites separated<BR /> 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted<BR /> 1 cup mashed potatoes<BR /> 1/2 lemon, zest of<BR /> 1 teaspoon vanilla<BR /> 2 cups flour<BR /> 2 teaspoons baking powder<BR /> 1 teaspoon cinnamon<BR /> 1/2 teaspoon clove<BR /> 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg<BR /> 1/2 cup milk<BR /> 1 1/2 cups pecans, lightly toasted and chopped (optional - the cake I remember didn't have them)<BR /> <BR /> Directions:<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Heat oven to 350 degrees.<BR /> <BR /> Grease and flour a bundt pan.<BR /> <BR /> Cream butter and sugar.<BR /> <BR /> Add egg yolks one at a time til blended.<BR /> <BR /> Stir in melted chocolate, mashed potatoes, lemon rind, and vanilla.<BR /> <BR /> Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg together.<BR /> <BR /> Ad flour mixture to rest of batter alternating with milk.<BR /> <BR /> Fold in pecans.<BR /> <BR /> Beat egg whites and carefully fold them in.<BR /> <BR /> Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.<BR /> <BR /> Cool 15 minutes in pan then turn out to cool completely.</P> <P> </P> <P>NOTE: I make these in large cupcake pans and tip the tops in chocolate ganache to resemble the cakes I remembered and love.</P> Sun, 25 May 2014 23:02:41 GMT FunkyHulaGirl 2014-05-25T23:02:41Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904067#M20752 <P>Years ago, first in my NYC HS cafeteria and then later on coffee carts and/or cafeterias at places I worked, I used to love a chocolate spice cake that they sold. It was round, maybe about 5" across, and had a not-too-sweet frosting - more of a ganache, really. This is the closest recipe I could find to those little cakes:<BR /> <BR /> <SPAN style="font-size: large;">Chocolate Spice Cake</SPAN><BR /> <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Ingredients:<BR /> <BR /> Servings: 12<BR /> <BR /> 1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening<BR /> 2 cups sugar<BR /> 4 eggs, yolks and whites separated<BR /> 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted<BR /> 1 cup mashed potatoes<BR /> 1/2 lemon, zest of<BR /> 1 teaspoon vanilla<BR /> 2 cups flour<BR /> 2 teaspoons baking powder<BR /> 1 teaspoon cinnamon<BR /> 1/2 teaspoon clove<BR /> 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg<BR /> 1/2 cup milk<BR /> 1 1/2 cups pecans, lightly toasted and chopped (optional - the cake I remember didn't have them)<BR /> <BR /> Directions:<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Heat oven to 350 degrees.<BR /> <BR /> Grease and flour a bundt pan.<BR /> <BR /> Cream butter and sugar.<BR /> <BR /> Add egg yolks one at a time til blended.<BR /> <BR /> Stir in melted chocolate, mashed potatoes, lemon rind, and vanilla.<BR /> <BR /> Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg together.<BR /> <BR /> Ad flour mixture to rest of batter alternating with milk.<BR /> <BR /> Fold in pecans.<BR /> <BR /> Beat egg whites and carefully fold them in.<BR /> <BR /> Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.<BR /> <BR /> Cool 15 minutes in pan then turn out to cool completely.</P> <P> </P> <P>NOTE: I make these in large cupcake pans and tip the tops in chocolate ganache to resemble the cakes I remembered and love.</P> Sun, 25 May 2014 23:02:41 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904067#M20752 FunkyHulaGirl 2014-05-25T23:02:41Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904073#M20753 <P>this is also called Mexican chocolate cake...but with more cinnamon and less cloves....I make this instead of plain chocolate cake when I bake. Thanks for sharing.</P> Sun, 25 May 2014 23:06:54 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904073#M20753 lovesrecess 2014-05-25T23:06:54Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904078#M20754 <P>It's the clove taste that stand out in my mind - those cakes were soooo good! <IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/" /></P> <P> </P> Sun, 25 May 2014 23:08:26 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904078#M20754 FunkyHulaGirl 2014-05-25T23:08:26Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904083#M20755 <P>Thanks for the recipe, I will try to make it very soon <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.qvc.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /> </P> Mon, 26 May 2014 12:01:31 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904083#M20755 Westbrook1 2014-05-26T12:01:31Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904088#M20756 <P>The lazy way is use a half of a spice cake mix and half chocolate mix.</P> Mon, 26 May 2014 12:11:11 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Chocolate-Spice-Cake/m-p/904088#M20756 spud188 2014-05-26T12:11:11Z