Poke & Pour Spice Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup oil
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 eggs

Butter Sauce

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup water

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°. Spray and flour 12-cup fluted pan (I use Baker's Joy).

2. 2

   In a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients.

3. 3

   In a mixing bowl, beat your brown sugar, water, oil, molasses and eggs for 3 minutes.

4. 4

   Stir in the combined dry ingredients mixing well.

5. 5

   Pour batter into prepared pan.

6. 6

   Bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

7. 7

   As the cake is baking, combine the buttersauce ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, heating until butter melts.

8. 8

   Prick hot cake deeply every inch with a long-tined fork.

9. 9

   Spoon hot sauce over hot cake in pan. Let stand 30 minutes, invert onto serving plate. Serve warm or cool.