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Spice Cake
Ingredients
- 120 grams butter at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- half cup oil
- 2 cups unsweetened apple puree
- 1/2 + 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon salt
- half teaspoon ground cloves
- half teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
Preparation
Cream the butter with the sugar in a mixer.Add the oil and continue creaming until the mixture is smooth and even.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until the egg is fully incorporated into the mixture.
Add the apple puree and mix.
In a separate bowl, mix all the dry ingredients: the flour, spices, baking soda and salt.
Add all the dry ingredients and mix until the batter is smooth and even.
Add the chocolate chips and the pecans and mix briefly.
Bake at 170 degrees for about an hour, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out dry.
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Measurement converter
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Ingredient |
Cup |
Tablespoon |
Teaspoon |
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Powdered sugar |
120 g |
8 g |
3 g |
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Chopped nuts |
100 g |
6 g |
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Finely ground nuts |
85 g |
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Rice |
200 g |
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Honey |
360 g |
22 g |
7 g |
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Butter Melted butter |
240 g |
15 g 14 g |
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Peanut butter |
250 g |
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Raw tahini |
240 g |
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Salt |
250 g |
20 g |
6 g |
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Maple syrup |
240 g |
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Liquids Water, orange juice, milk |
240 g 240 ml |
15 g 15 ml |
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Nutella |
280 g |
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White sugar |
200 g |
12 g |
4 g |
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Packed brown sugar |
240 g |
15 g |
5 g |
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Semolina |
200 g |
10 g |
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Can of condensed milk |
398 g |
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Can of coconut milk |
400 g |
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Cookie crumbs |
110 g |
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Dry breadcrumbs |
125 g |
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Chopped dried fruit |
150 g |
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Ground poppy seeds |
70 g |
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Coconut |
100 g |
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Cornstarch |
140 g |
10 g |
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White flour |
140 g |
10 g |
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Whole wheat flour |
125 g |
8 g |
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Cocoa |
140 g |
10 g |
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Jam |
330 g |
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Dulce de leche |
400 g |
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Chocolate chips |
200 g |
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Oats |
100 g |
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Oil |
200 g |
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Coconut oil solid melted |
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14 g 14 g |
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Oven temperatures Description |
Gas mark |
Celsius |
Fahrenheit |
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Very low heat |
105 |
220 |
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120 |
250 |
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Low heat |
1 |
135 |
275 |
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2 |
150 |
300 |
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Medium-low |
3 |
160 |
320 |
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Medium |
3 |
170 |
340 |
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Medium |
4 |
180 |
355 |
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5 |
190 |
375 |
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Medium-high |
6 |
200 |
390 |
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High |
7 |
220 |
430 |
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8 |
230 |
445 |
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Very high |
9 |
245 |
475 |
50 g fresh yeast (a "Shimrit" packet / cube) = 2 tablespoons dry
yeast. 1 tablespoon dry yeast = 10 g
To replace dry yeast with fresh yeast, multiply the amount by 3
1 g dry yeast = 3 g fresh yeast
Packet = 10 g
Tablespoon = 8 g
Teaspoon = 3 g
Gelatin packet = 14 g
Tablespoon of gelatin = 10 g
One gelatin sheet = 4 g
Gelatin packet = 3½ gelatin sheets
To dissolve 1 g of gelatin use 5 g
Egg size 1 (L) – 65 g and over
Egg size 2 (M) – 55-60 g
Egg size 3 (S) – 50 g
Egg white – 40 g on average
Egg yolk – 20 g on average
The oil should weigh 85% of the butter's weight
100 g butter = 85 g oil
200 g butter = 170 g oil
1 cup oil = 200 g
100 ml oil = 90 g
100 g butter = 100 g applesauce
100 ml oil = 100 ml applesauce
Replacing eggs with applesauce
1 egg = 60 g applesauce
Butter stick = 120 g, ½ cup
8 oz = 1 cup = 240 ml = 16 tablespoons
4 oz = ½ cup = 120 ml = 8 tablespoons.
2 oz = ¼ cup = 60 ml = 4 tablespoons.
1 oz = 2 tablespoons = 30 ml = ⅛ cup.
½ oz = 1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons.
0.16 oz = 1 teaspoon = 5 ml = ⅓ tablespoon
1 pint = 480 ml = 2 cups.
1 quart = 960 ml = 4 cups.
A small package weighs 350 g
1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup plain flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 kg self-rising flour = 1 kg plain flour + 2 packets of baking powder