Kato's Golden Spice Cake

From: Annacia

On Apr 30, 2007

First I skipped the celery seed because I made it for DH and he would not be happy to find seeds in his cake and I also skipped the clove because all I have is whole ones. As it was baking he ask what kind of cake I was ,asking and wasn't impressed when I said spice cake. I topped it with chocolate frosting ( his fav) and he tried it. He was hooked on the first bite and stuffed and praised it for 5 mins then went back for another piece. It bakes up very tall and fluffy and it was fully baked at 40 mins. Buttermilk was my choice. Wonderful cake and worth every star.

From: Engrossed

On Feb 26, 2007

I'm sorry to say this didn't work out for me. It turned out so dry I couldn't eat it. I made it according to the recipe just omitting the anise. I used buttermilk and baked it for 40 minutes. I frosted it with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting. I was so excited to try it but it was so dry I couldn't taste the spices. Perhaps I try it again some day and bake it for less time and I think some applesauce might moisten it up.

From: Roosie

On Dec 2, 2004

I love all the spices in this- I found that the cloves and celery seed were really the strongest flavors. Great, I think since cloves aren't less commonly the dominant flavor as say, cinnamon in ginger, and this is the first time I've ever seed celery seed in a baked good (I loved it!!) Next time I might try increasing the other spices to even out the flavors. It rose well and was a lovely gold color. I actually served this as breakfast fare, so I didn't ice it, but I did think it was a little dry so I think that buttercream, as suggested, would be a good touch. It's a little dry un-iced though. I did make a couple substitutions- I used butter rather than shortening and used whole wheat pastry flour for the flour (I've done this in hundreds of recipes with excellent results). I opted for using the buttermilk, the flavor of which I think combines well with the spices. I was really impressed at how well this rose! Thanks for the recipe, Kato! Maybe I will whip up some icing for us to finish this off with.

From: akgrown

On Jul 3, 2006

Yummy, yummy! I made this for dessert for a family BBQ and we all loved it! Great combo of spices. I omitted the celery seed and topped it with caramel sauce. Delish!