Moist, Tender Spice Cake: Gingerbread Variation

Name: Moist, Tender Spice Cake: Gingerbread Variation
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 237 milliliters dark brown sugar; 3 larges eggs; 591 milliliters bleached all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 237 milliliters milk; 237 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, softened until easily spreadable; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Moist, Tender Spice Cake: Gingerbread Variation requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This vegetarian recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 318 calories. It works well as a very affordable dessert for Christmas. If you have baking powder, ground cinnamon, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan.

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All Purpose Flour

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl.

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Spices

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Whisk

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Mix milk, eggs, molasses and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.

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Vanilla Extract

Molasses

Egg

Milk

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Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces.

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Butter

Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth.

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Milk

Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth.

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Milk

Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds.

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Sugar

Pour batter into cake pan.

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Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack.

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