Spiced Ginger Cake

Name: Spiced Ginger Cake
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 4 ounces cold unsalted butter; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger

12 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
4 ounces cold unsalted butter
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2

Grease and lightly flour a 8-inch by 3-inch cake pan.
3

Into a large bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger, cloves, and allspice.
4

Using a pastry blender, 2 knives, or your fingers, work the butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
5

Add the eggs, vanilla, milk, and half of the crystallized ginger and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will appear lumpy).
6

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle remaining crystallized ginger on top of batter.
7

Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester inserted into cake?s center comes out clean.