Spice Bread

I've seen some other recipes floating around recently, but a couple years ago I threw together a recipe for spice bread. Yes, because of Mulgore spice bread. It looks something like:

• 2.5c flour
• 1/2c sugar
• 1/2c brown sugar
• 3.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1.25c milk
• 1 egg

And then I have written down:

• Cinnamon - about a teaspoon
• Ginger - about a teaspoon
• Cloves - about 1/2 a teaspoon
• Nutmeg - 1/4-1/2 a teaspoon
• Allspice - 1/4-1/2 a teaspoon
• Cardamom - about 1/4 a teaspoon
• Pepper - 1/4 teaspoon

But what I really put in is more like:

• Cinnamon - about a teaspoon and a half
• Ginger - about a teaspoon and a half
• Cloves - about a teaspoon
• Nutmeg - about 1/2 a teaspoon
• Allspice - about 1/2 a teaspoon
• Cardamom - about 1/2 a teaspoon
• Pepper - 1/4 teaspoon

Mix it all up, bake it in a loaf pan at 350 F for about an hour, until a toothpick comes out clean. (Our oven had a broken temperature sensor when I was developing this, so you'll want to watch it.)

It can be modified for a cake - another egg, increase the oil to 1/2 cup, add another 1/2 cup or so of sugar. Cream cheese frosting would be good, but I usually just do a vanilla (or almond) butter frosting.