Honey Spice Cake With Rum Glaze - Emeril Lagasse

Submitted by Cristina Barry

"www.foodtv.com"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 2 1⁄3 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter
• 2⁄3 cup clover honey
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 3⁄4 cup plain yogurt, plus
• 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 4 large egg whites
• 1 1⁄4 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons rum

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour 1 (9-inch) tube pan or 1 (8 to 10-cup) fluted tube or bundt pan.
3. Sift the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together, then sift again into a large bowl. In another large bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer on high speed until creamy.
4. Gradually add the honey and 1/4 cup of the sugar to the butter and beat on high speed until well mixed, 2 to 4 minutes.
5. Beat in the egg yolks, 1 at a time.
6. Beat on low and add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the yogurt in 2 parts.
7. Beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
8. In another large bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
9. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating on high speed, until stiff.
10. Fold the egg whites into the batter.
11. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.
12. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes and then invert the cake onto the rack and allow to cool completely.
13. In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar and rum and stir to combine. Mixture should be a stiff glaze. If the glaze is too thick, thin with a bit of milk.
14. Using a spoon, drizzle the glaze all over the cake in a random pattern.
15. Let the cake sit until the glaze has hardened.
16. Serve.

Reviews

[enigmused]

I saw this on the food network website and was really excited to make it. Unfortunately, I'm really disappointed with the results. It's just not a good recipe -- the flavor in the spice cake is lackluster at best, and the rum glaze is a little off-tasting when you consider what flavors are at work here. I don't want to give it one star because a) there are several different copies of this recipe on the website so why should Tigerlilly get the 1-star and bring down her average, and b) Emeril should really be getting the one star.