Crazy Spice Cake

"One-dish spice cake ... so easy! For some reason, my mother-in-law showed me how to make it twice... :) Make it in the cake pan, serve it straight out of the pan, and eat with some vanilla ice cream. However, if you're unsure about how well it will mix (I've never had any problems with it), feel free to use a bowl or two. ;) "
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
1 cake
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix all ingredients together in 9"x13" cake pan (you don't even need a bowl!).
  • Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. I brought this to a pot luck and everyone loved it. The only changes I made were substituting vanilla for almond (just a matter of taste), I mixed it in a bowl and sprayed my baking pan. I did not find it overly spicy or gummy as one review stated. I frosted it with cream cheese frosting. Great recipe, really easy.
     
  2. Wonderful! I'd made this for a friend's birthday and topped it with Recipe #73474. I grew up having the chocolate Crazy Cake for every birthday, but since it was October, I was feeling more like a spice cake - and this recipe absolutely lived up to my expectations! Thank you!
     
  3. I thought this was really good for something so easy to make with such inexpensive ingredients. It makes a good snack. It is a very spicy spice cake, but I like spicy. It is also very, very moist. So I can see that Jo Ann L's recommendations would be fitting if you wanted to adjust these factors. I did use half the amount of vanilla extract instead of the almond, as I'm not a big fan of almond extract. I halved the recipe and made it in a 9-inch round pan (I mixed in in a bowl because the pan was so shallow). When I was in college, they used to give us crazy cake quite often in the dorms. It was actually one of the better desserts, perhaps because it's designed to taste good with inexpensive ingredients.
     
  4. I'm not sure how many stars to give this, so I think I'll just post this as a comment, fyi. I liked the cake the second time I made it, but I made some pretty substantial changes. I found the spice taste too strong the first time, especially the cloves and the almond extract. The second time I used 1/2 tsp. cloves, 1/2 tsp. ginger and only 1 tsp. almond extract. Then I could taste the blend of spices, rather than just the bitter taste fighting it out with the heavy almond flavor. Also, the first time, it went beyond moist, almost to gummy. I cut the water to 1 1/2 cups and got a still moist, but firmer cake. And don't mix the darn thing in the pan. Even mixing it in a bowl, I wound up with bitter white chunks of unmixed flour scattered along the bottom of my pan. Be very careful to mix in all of the flour. Next time I think I'll even use my mixer, rather than stirring by hand, even though the batter is quite easy to stir.
     
  5. Good and really easy .. I made muffins and got 24 out of the complete recipe ..
     
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Tweaks

  1. I didn't have the almond extract so I used vanilla extract instead. I chopped up some walnuts and tossed about 1 1/2 c of finely chopped nuts in as well. I ended up adding a bit more flower - not entirely sure how much, I just dusted it in until I had a slightly firmer mixture. I did mix the dry ingredients together and then mixed the wet ingredients in another bowl before mixing them all together. I also added one egg to help bind everything together. My husband loved the cake!
     
  2. I brought this to a pot luck and everyone loved it. The only changes I made were substituting vanilla for almond (just a matter of taste), I mixed it in a bowl and sprayed my baking pan. I did not find it overly spicy or gummy as one review stated. I frosted it with cream cheese frosting. Great recipe, really easy.
     
  3. I thought this was really good for something so easy to make with such inexpensive ingredients. It makes a good snack. It is a very spicy spice cake, but I like spicy. It is also very, very moist. So I can see that Jo Ann L's recommendations would be fitting if you wanted to adjust these factors. I did use half the amount of vanilla extract instead of the almond, as I'm not a big fan of almond extract. I halved the recipe and made it in a 9-inch round pan (I mixed in in a bowl because the pan was so shallow). When I was in college, they used to give us crazy cake quite often in the dorms. It was actually one of the better desserts, perhaps because it's designed to taste good with inexpensive ingredients.
     

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