Maple Ginger Cake recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ cup shortening
⅔ cup packed brown sugar
1 cup real maple syrup
⅔ cup sour cream
2 eggs
⅓ cup sour cream

Nutrition Info

200.1 calories
carbohydrate: 30 g
cholesterol: 23.7 mg
fat: 8.2 g
fiber: 0.4 g
protein: 2.2 g
saturatedFat: 3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 133.5 mg
sugar: 16.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake layer pans.

  2. Sift together into a bowl, cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Add the shortening, brown sugar, maple syrup, and 2/3 cup sour cream. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer set at medium speed. Beat in the eggs and 1/3 cup sour cream and mix for another 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans.

  3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes, or until cake springs back lightly when touched. Cool for 5 minutes, then remove from pans and continue cooling.

Recipe Yield

2 -8 inch round cakes

Recipe Note

This is a popular recipe along the eastern seaboard where maple syrup runs in March.

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