Hojaldre, Puerto Rican Spice Cake

Name: Hojaldre, Puerto Rican Spice Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Latin American, Caribbean, American
Ingredients: ½ pound butter, at room temperature; 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed; 6 eggs; 3 cups flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cloves, (I did not have ground cloves, so I used ½ teaspoon allspice and ½ teaspoon cardamon); ¼ teaspoon salt, table salt; 1 cup milk; ⅓ cup sweet wine, I used Moscato wine; Confectioners’ powdered sugar, sifted (to garnish)

7 steps

Prep:25minCook:45min

A Puerto Rican spice cake that originated from the town of Añasco. This recipe makes a moist cake filled with aromatic spices that are not too sweet to accompany your morning or afternoon cup of coffee or tea.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:28:29 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories454.5 kcal (23%)

Total Fat20.5 g (29%)

Carbs61.9 g (24%)

Sugars34.6 g (38%)

Protein6.9 g (14%)

Sodium251.8 mg (13%)

Fiber1.2 g (4%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

0.5 poundbutter

at room temperature

2 cupsbrown sugar

firmly packed

6eggs

3 cupsflour

1 tablespoonbaking powder

2 teaspoonsground cinnamon

2 teaspoonsground nutmeg

1 teaspoonground cloves

i did not have ground cloves, so i used 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/2 teaspoon cardamon

¼ teaspoonsalt

1 cupmilk

powdered, sifted, to garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Grease and flour lightly a round 9x3 ½-inch Bundt pan

Step 3

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 4

Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt three times (3x), and add to the cream mixture, alternately with milk and sweet wine.

Step 5

Turn batter into pan and bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted in the center, comes out clean.

Step 6

Remove from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.

Step 7

Set on a platter and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.

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