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    Dark Chocolate Spice Cake

    Written by Kathrin (2 Comments)

    Moist, dark chocolate spice cake with gingerbread spice & cinnamon icing. A classic for the cold season that tastes simply great!

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    An aromatic, moist spice cake is one of my absolute standard baking repertoire during the cold season. Like Linzer Cake, it is easily made for fall and winter. Warms so beautifully from the inside - and always hits the spot.

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    Taste and Occasion

    This easy spice cake recipe with gingerbread spice is a mix of my classic chocolate cake and red wine cake. Since I love slightly moist cakes above all else, the spice cake must also be moist. It becomes moist through ground almonds and chopped or grated chocolate in the dough. The spice cake in the loaf pan also does well with ground hazelnuts or walnuts. For the decoration, you are flexible: Just dust with a bit of powdered sugar and cover with chocolate icing or cinnamon icing. All guaranteed delicious - I speak from experience!

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    Ingredients

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    There is either ready-made gingerbread spice in the dough and the icing - or your unique mixture. I especially like Grandma's spice cake with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, vanilla, and some pepper. Spekulatius spice is also pleasing 😉 . Or, a little fewer wintry-Christmas, easy just cinnamon.

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    How to make the Chocolate Spice Cake

    First of all, preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C. Grease a large loaf pan (approx. 11-12 in / 28-30 cm) and dust with some cocoa. Beat the eggs with the sugar. Whisk together the milk and oil. Mix the dry ingredients - flour, almonds or nuts, baking powder, spices, and cocoa. Add to the egg mixture alternating with the milk and oil mix. Stir vigorously but not too long. Fold in chopped or grated chocolate. Pour dough into the pan and smooth out.

    Then, bake the cake for 55-60 minutes. Test with chopsticks and let cool. Either serve dusted with powdered sugar only or frost with spice glaze. Mix sifted powdered sugar with gingerbread spice and 4 to 5 tablespoons of milk to make a thick glaze.

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    This vegan banana cake is perfect for babies, toddlers and health-conscious adults. No sugar, butter, egg or wheat, but delicious and moist!

    Instead of gingerbread spice, you can, of course, use a mixture of your own making, for example, cinnamon (about 2 tsp), ginger powder (about 0.5 tsp), ground cloves, cardamom, vanilla, pepper. Instead of ground almonds, ground hazelnuts, walnuts, or a mix of different nuts and seeds are also suitable.

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    Chocolate Spice Cake

    A famous classic cake for the cold season, this easy spice cake is made wonderfully moist and flavorful with ground almonds and dark chocolate!
    Prep Time15 minutes mins
    Baking Time55 minutes mins
    Calories: 325kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Loaf Pan (11 in / 28 cm)

    Ingredients

    For the dough

    • 4 eggs, medium
    • 200 grams (1 cup) brown sugar
    • 200 milliliters (13 ½ tablespoons) milk
    • 130 milliliters (â…” cup) sunflower oil
    • 250 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour
    • 150 grams (1 â…“ cups) ground almonds, and/or nuts
    • 1 small bag baking powder
    • 40 grams (½ cup) baking cocoa
    • 10 grams (¾ tablespoon) gingerbread spice
    • 80 grams (½ cup) dark chocolate, chopped or grated

    For the glaze

    • 150 grams (1.3 cups) powdered sugar, sifted
    • 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice, or cinnamon
    • 5 tablespoons milk, coarse

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C. Grease a large loaf pan (approx. 11-12 in / 28-30 cm) and dust with a bit of cocoa. Beat the eggs with the sugar. Whisk together the milk and oil.
    • Mix the dry ingredients - flour, almonds or nuts, baking powder, spices, and cocoa. Add to the egg mixture alternating with the milk and oil mix. Stir vigorously but not too long. Fold in chopped or grated chocolate. Pour dough into the pan and smooth out.
    • Bake the cake for 55-60 minutes. Test with chopsticks. Let cool. Either serve dusted with powdered sugar only or frost with spice glaze. Mix sifted powdered sugar with gingerbread spice and 4 to 5 tablespoons of milk to make a thick glaze.

    Ingredient substitutions

    Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

    Variations

    It must be said that such a moist chocolate spice cake also tastes delicious at 25 degrees (in October!!!). We last had it for a friend's birthday party at a coffee get-together on the terrace. We were slightly sweating in T-shirts and enjoying the summery autumn… By the way: If you want to try more chocolatey cake alternatives, you can also try my chocolate nut cake and the 3-ingredient chocolate cake. But for now, have fun with the classic chocolate spice cake.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chocolate Spice Cake
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 325 Calories from Fat 144
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 16g25%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Trans Fat 0.01g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 8g
    Cholesterol 43mg14%
    Sodium 28mg1%
    Potassium 161mg5%
    Carbohydrates 41g14%
    Fiber 3g13%
    Sugar 24g27%
    Protein 7g14%
    Vitamin A 92IU2%
    Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
    Calcium 76mg8%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Moist, dark chocolate spice cake with gingerbread spice & cinnamon icing. A classic for the cold season that tastes simply great!Moist, dark chocolate spice cake with gingerbread spice & cinnamon icing. A classic for the cold season that tastes simply great!Moist, dark chocolate spice cake with gingerbread spice & cinnamon icing. A classic for the cold season that tastes simply great!

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    Comments

    1. Suzanne

      November 21, 2021 at 8:41 pm

      Hello,
      I really like this recipe, but it seems the measurements of the ingredients are not adding up? It seems to be a lot of flour and other dry ingredients and not very much liquids... eggs, oil, milk; other dry ingredients like brown sugar, baking cocoa, etc. Can you help me with this. My cake turned out very dry and I used your U.S. units of measurement. And it wasn't very sweet tasting, little less than 1 cup of sugar (.9 cup sugar)?
      Thank you!
      Suzanne

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      • Kathrin

        November 21, 2021 at 11:38 pm

        Hi Suzanne, I'm sorry the cake didn't turn out quite the way it was supposed to. Actually, it is very moist and not dry at all. The ingredients are correct except for the amount of oil, I just recalculated. It's 1.1 cups instead of 0.9, but that should not make a big difference. Maybe you made a mistake? It could also be that the cake should have baked a little shorter in your oven. Maybe you like to give the recipe another chance 🙂 ?

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    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chocolate Spice Cake
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 325 Calories from Fat 144
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 16g25%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Trans Fat 0.01g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 8g
    Cholesterol 43mg14%
    Sodium 28mg1%
    Potassium 161mg5%
    Carbohydrates 41g14%
    Fiber 3g13%
    Sugar 24g27%
    Protein 7g14%
    Vitamin A 92IU2%
    Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
    Calcium 76mg8%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    Nutrition

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    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 325 Calories from Fat 144
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 16g25%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Trans Fat 0.01g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 8g
    Cholesterol 43mg14%
    Sodium 28mg1%
    Potassium 161mg5%
    Carbohydrates 41g14%
    Fiber 3g13%
    Sugar 24g27%
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    Vitamin A 92IU2%
    Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
    Calcium 76mg8%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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