White Spice Buttermilk Cake

This cake pairs very nicely with fruit poached in a wine syrup and Honey-Yogurt Sauce. For the presentation, trim away the crust from one short end of a buttermilk cake. Cut a ¾-inch (2-cm) slice and set it in the center of a dessert plate. Spoon the fruit and poaching liquid onto the plate all around the cake slice, arranging the fruit pieces attractively. Spoon a dollop of honey-yogurt sauce on top of the cake and sift powdered sugar over the entire plat