French four spice cake with browned butter spice frosting

Name: French four spice cake with browned butter spice frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened; 1 cup packed brown sugar; Zest of ½ orange; 2 large eggs; 11/3 cups flour; 2 tablespoons . unsweetened cocoa; 2 teaspoons. quatre épices; 1 teaspoon . baking powder; ½ teaspoon . each baking soda and salt; ½ cup buttermilk; 2/3 cup butter; ¼ cup honey; 1 teaspoon . quatre épices; 2 tablespoons . half-and-half; 1½ tablespoons . lemon juice; 3 cups powdered sugar; 2/3 cup chopped toasted walnuts

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Very Easy

1 h 5 m

Preparation

Preparation20 min

Cook time45 min

Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour a 9-in. square pan.
Make cake: Beat butter, brown sugar, and zest in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until well blended. In another bowl, combine flour and other dry ingredients. Add flour mixture to butter mixture one-third at a time, alternating with buttermilk half at a time, and beating on low speed after each addition until blended. Spread batter in pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool on a rack, 10 minutes. Loosen cake from pan with a slender spatula, then invert onto a rack. Re-invert onto another rack; cool completely.
Make frosting: Cook butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until deep golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour into a mixer bowl, let cool, then chill until firm enough to beat, about 30 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except for nuts and beat until fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes, occasionally scraping inside of bowl.
Split cake horizontally with a long serrated knife. Lift off top layer with 2 wide spatulas. Set bottom layer on a platter, then spread with half of frosting.
Replace top layer. Spread top of cake with remaining frosting, then sprinkle with nuts.

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