Crusader Cake

A wonderful spicey cake with a delicious lemon glaze. Starts with a cake mix, but you can't even tell. As my D-I-L would say this cake is "wicked good" You can also add 1/4 teaspoon allspice and cut the oil down to 1/2 cup without affecting the yummniest of the cake.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 18 1⁄2 ounces  yellow cake mix
• 1  cup  oil
• 3 1⁄2 ounces vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1  cup beer
• 4  eggs
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cardamom

• Glaze

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 2  tablespoons  softened butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  grated lemon peel
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl mix all ingredients well, then mix on medium speed for 3 minutes.
3. Grease and flour a bundt pan or use Bakers Joy spray.
4. Bake for 50-60 until cake pulls away from the pan and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Cool in pan for 25 minutes.
6. Then remove cake from pan and continue cooling on rack.
7. Glaze:
8. In a small bowl mix all glaze ingredients and spread over top of cooled cake.