Spice Cake (one bowl, no mixer)

This recipe will make one tiny bundt and 2-3 cupcakes or one 8- or 9-inch round.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/4 t ground ginger
1/2 t hot cinnamon
2 T cocoa powder

9-inch round or tiny bund

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°.

Coat a 9-inch round springform pan with vegetable oil or butter. Or use a bundt, butter it very well, flour it and tap out the excess.

Put the melted butter in a mixing bowl. Add granulated sugar, stirring with a whisk. Add eggs, 1 at a time; stir well each time. Stir in milk, extracts. Add flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cocoa; stir well.

Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. If it's a bundt, invert it onto a plate at exactly 10 minutes, no more no less time. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like....

30 minutes