Molasses Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Molasses Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 6 Tbsps butter, melted; 473 milliliters cake flour; 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 237 milliliters fat-free buttermilk; 1 Tbsp minced peeled fresh ginger; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind; 177 milliliters molasses; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt

One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 272 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up egg, powdered sugar, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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To prepare cake, coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Pan

Wax Paper

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Place buttermilk and next 5 ingredients (buttermilk through egg) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.

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Buttermilk

Egg

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Bowl

Add flour mixture to buttermilk mixture, stirring just until combined.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Spoon batter into prepared pan.

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Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan with a narrow metal spatula; remove from pan. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on a wire rack.

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