Ginger Spice Cake with Dried Cherries

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

1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter Bundt pan.Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess.
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Combine cherries, crystallized ginger,grated ginger, and Dijon mustard in amedium bowl.
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3
Pour espresso over cherrymixture and set aside.
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Whisk 2 1/2 cups flour,ground ginger, baking soda, salt, allspice,cinnamon, and pepper in a large bowl.
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SaltSalt
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5
Using an electric mixer on mediumspeed, beat 1/2 cup butter in a large bowluntil light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
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Addbrown sugar and beat for 2 minutes. Beat ineggs one at a time, then beat in molasses.
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7
Strain cherry mixture into a smallbowl, reserving soaking liquid.
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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.
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9
Bake until top of cake springs back whenlightly pressed in the middle, about 1 hour.
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Let cool in pan on a wire rack. DO AHEAD:Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight atroom temperature.
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Remove cake from pan. Spoon Luscious
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Chocolate Icing over cake, if using, allowingit to drip down sides.
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13
Cut cake into wedgesto serve.
DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings10
Health Score4
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