Sweetwater Ranch Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*. grease 13 x 9 inch baking pan; set aside.
• 2 sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, allspice, ginger and nutmeg.
• 3 beat butter in large bowl of electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. add brown sugar; beat until fluffy. beat in egg yolks.
• 4 dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture. stir in vanilla. pour batter evenly into prepared pan.
• 5 prepare meringue frosting: beat 2 egg whites, using clean beaters and bowl, in medium bowl of electric mixer until stiff peaks form. gradually add brown sugar, 2 tblsp. at a time, beating well after each addition. beat until stiff peaks form.
• 6 spread frosting over cake batter. sprinkle with pecans. bake 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. transfer to rack; let cool completely in pan.