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Molasses-Spice Cake with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting

Molasses-Spice Cake with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
Molasses-Spice Cake with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting is a vegetarian recipe with 16 servings. One serving contains 172 calories, 3g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a dessert. If you have molasses, salt, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 35
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Coat bottoms of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pan); line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
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Beat sugar, shortening, and vanilla extract at medium speed of a mixer for 5 minutes.
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Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon 1 3/4 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
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Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and cloves, stirring well with a whisk.
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6
Combine milk and molasses.
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7
Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
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Pour batter into prepared pans. Sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles.
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Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans.
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10
Remove wax paper. Cool completely on wire rack.
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Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting, and top with remaining cake layer.
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Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Chill 1 hour. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings16
Health Score1
Vegetarian
DietsLacto Ovo Vegetarian
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