Spicy Halloween Ginger Cake

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This Spicy Halloween Ginger Cake is a unique Cake, loaded with ginger, apples, molasses, coffee, and chocolate. This Spicy Halloween Ginger Cake takes 20 minutes to prepare, 55 minutes to cook and will yield 12-14 servings depending how you slice it. If your interested in trying this gooey Halloween cake copy down you’re ingredient list and directions from below.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups dark molasses (feel free to use less of this for a not as bold taste of molasses)
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
  • ¼ cup strong brewed coffee
  • 4 ¾ cups cake flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 4 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground mace
  • 2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 4 tart medium apples (Granny Smith)
  • ½ cup (packed) dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups sour cream
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips or baking chocolate cup into small pieces

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.  Lightly oil a 13x9x2 inch-baking pan.

  2. Combine the molasses, butter and coffee in a medium-size saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.  As soon as it boils, remove from the heat.  Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, or the bowl of an electric mixer, and let cool to lukewarm.

  3. Sift the flour, salt, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, mace, nutmeg, and baking soda together onto a large piece of waxed paper.

  4. Core, peel, and halve the apples, then slice them into ¼ inch thick slices.  Line the prepared pan with the apple slices slightly overlapping them.  Sprinkle them with brown sugar.

  5. Whisk the eggs into the molasses mixture.  Add the dry ingredients and mix quickly but thoroughly.  Then add the sour cream, mixing just until it is incorporated.  Fold in the chocolate chips, and then pour the cake batter over the apple slices.

  6. Bake in the center of the oven until the cake springs back when touched lightly and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.  Remove the pan from the oven, and transfer it to a wire rack to cool at least to lukewarm before serving.

  7. To serve, cut the cake in pieces and turn them out of the pan upside down, so the apple slices are on top.  Or turn the whole cake out onto a large serving platter, and serve.

SRC: Find more Halloween Food Recipes like this at: www.blackriverroasters.com/halloween-coffee-recipes/