- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 7 large eggs
- ¼ tablespoons cream of tartar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ½ cup light molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pecan halves
- Cream Frosting
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Separate eggs and save one egg white for the frosting.
- Sift flour with salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice (substitute mace for allspice if preferred).
- Beat 6 egg whites with cream of tartar at high speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add corn syrup; continue beating until stiff peaks form. Do not under beat.
- Beat 7 egg yolks with molasses and vanilla at high speed until thick.
- Blend in dry ingredients. Fold this mixture into egg whites, using a rubber spatula to fold in gently but completely.
- Pour into ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
- Invert pan immediately and cool completely before removing from the pan.
- Frost with cream frosting and decorate with pecan halves*.
Note: Frost cake as is or cut into 3 layers (using string or dental floss) if preferred and frost each layer as you stack.
Cream Frosting
- 1 egg white
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¾ cups powdered sugar; sifted
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- In a large mixing bowl beat egg white until stiff.
- In another bowl beat cream until thick. Add powdered sugar, cinnamon and salt to the cream. Fold gently into the egg white along with pecans.

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