Fresh Ginger Cake

Name: Fresh Ginger Cake
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 1/2 tbsp finely grated fresh ginger; 1 cup molasses (mild flavor, if prefer); 1 cup cane sugar; 1 cup extra virgin olive oil; 2 1/2 cup flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp ground black pepper; 1 cup water; 2 tsp baking soda; 2 large eggs

pomdoro @cook_3735574

Spice cake made with fresh ginger! If you like ginger, this will be a tasty cake to try!

pomdoro @cook_3735574

Spice cake made with fresh ginger! If you like ginger, this will be a tasty cake to try!

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Ingredients

30 mins

8 servings

3 1/2 tbspfinely grated fresh ginger
1 cupmolasses (mild flavor, if prefer)
1 cupcane sugar
1 cupextra virgin olive oil
2 1/2 cupflour
1 tspground cinnamon
1/2 tspground cloves
1/2 tspground black pepper
1 cupwater
2 tspbaking soda
2 largeeggs

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Steps

30 mins

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter the bottom and sides of 9-inch spring form pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
2

Finely chop the ginger into a paste, set aside.
3

In large bowl mix molasses, sugar and oil.
4

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper.
5

In small saucepan, bring the water to a boil, then stir in baking soda. Whisk the hot water into the molasses mixture and then add ginger.
6

Gradually add the flour mixture into the bowl, whisking to combine.
7

Add eggs and whisk thoroughly.
8

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until the top of top of the cake springs back when pressed lightly, or a tooth pick inserted at center comes out clean. *Recipe adapted from David Lebovitz?s Ginger Cake, Ready for Dessert.