Recipe: Yummy Spiced Cake/Cupcakes #Christmas Baking Contest

Spiced Cake/Cupcakes #Christmas Baking Contest.

You can cook Spiced Cake/Cupcakes #Christmas Baking Contest using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spiced Cake/Cupcakes #Christmas Baking Contest

1. It's 2 cups of flour.
2. It's 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoons of soda.
4. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
5. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of powdered/grated nutmeg.
6. It's 1/4 teaspoon of powdered cloves.
7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of powdered ginger.
8. It's 1/4 cup of margarine or butter.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of shortening.
10. You need 1 1/4 cups of sugar.
11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence.
12. Prepare 2 of eggs.
13. You need 1 1/4 cups of buttermilk.
14. You need of Prepare the following at least 24 hours in advance for best results.
15. You need 1 1/2 cup of mixture of red, cherries, green cherries, orange peel, dry peel, raisins mixed with juice of one orange. Drain before using.

Spiced Cake/Cupcakes #Christmas Baking Contest instructions

1. In a bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. This is the dry mixture..
2. In another bowl, beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer or by hand..
3. Add sugar and vanilla and beat till combined..
4. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each..
5. Add some dry mixture and beat. Add some buttermilk and beat. Do this till all the dry mixture and buttermilk is incorporated into the batter..
6. You are welcome to forgo this addition if you wish. The cake is still great without this added step. Add a cup of fruit mixture. Fold gently into the batter. Reserve half a cup of the fruit mixture to sprinkle on top of each cupcake. Pour into cupcake pan. I filled them a little less than half way. Sprinkle fruit mixture and you're ready to bake! Bake at 180 for 15 minutes. For cakes, grease your pan, pour batter and bake at 180 for 35 minutes. Keep checking for doneness at the 30 minute mark..
7. They turned out well! Very moist! The fruits really make this recipe special. Decorate the cupcakes as desired. I used a simple vanilla frosting and added sprinkles to make it festive!.