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Ginger Cake

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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cup molasses
  • 2 large eggs, room temp
  • 4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped candied ginger (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Butter 9x13x2" high paking pan. line with parchment with overhang.
  • Whisk butter, sugar, molasses, eggs in a bowl.
  • Sift dry ingredients in another bowl.
  • Whisk dry ingredients into wet.
  • Whisk in hot water until well blended
  • fold in optional candied ginger.
  • Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake 45-50 minutes, until toothpick test comes out clean.
  • Cool 15 minutes on a wire rack.