Ginger Spice Cake with Dried Cherries
Ginger Spice Cake with Dried Cherries is a vegetarian recipe with 10 servings. One serving contains 391 calories, 5g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. A mixture of baking soda, butter, ground allspice, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter Bundt pan.Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess.
Combine cherries, crystallized ginger,grated ginger, and Dijon mustard in amedium bowl.
Pour espresso over cherrymixture and set aside.
Whisk 2 1/2 cups flour,ground ginger, baking soda, salt, allspice,cinnamon, and pepper in a large bowl.
Using an electric mixer on mediumspeed, beat 1/2 cup butter in a large bowluntil light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Addbrown sugar and beat for 2 minutes. Beat ineggs one at a time, then beat in molasses.
Strain cherry mixture into a smallbowl, reserving soaking liquid.
Add dryingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions,alternately with soaking liquid in 2 additions,beating to blend between additions. Fold indrained cherry mixture. Scrape batter intoprepared pan.
Bake until top of cake springs back whenlightly pressed in the middle, about 1 hour.
Let cool in pan on a wire rack. DO AHEAD:Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight atroom temperature.
Remove cake from pan. Spoon Luscious
Chocolate Icing over cake, if using, allowingit to drip down sides.
Cut cake into wedgesto serve.