Tofu-N-Sprouts
September 11th, 2006, 01:21 AM
Gingerbread Spice Cake
Category: Desserts - Cakes
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
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1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
1 3/4 cup water
3/4 cup sweetener (I use either corn syrup, agave nectar OR maple syrup combined with molasses - I just don't like straight molasses, many people do)
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tb. finely shredded fresh ginger OR 1 tsp. powdered
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or part white-part wheat
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix dry ingredients in large mixing bowl.
Combine dried fruit, water, sweetener in a large heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and let cool.
When fruit mixture is cool mix it into premixed dry ingredients
Very quickly spread into a nonstick (or very lightly greased) 9 X 9 square pan and bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Additional comments:
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If you make a cream cheese icing to go with, this is a wonderful holiday treat!! YUM! I make it for my kids when they want to snack after school.
Category: Desserts - Cakes
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
------------------------------------------------------
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
1 3/4 cup water
3/4 cup sweetener (I use either corn syrup, agave nectar OR maple syrup combined with molasses - I just don't like straight molasses, many people do)
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tb. finely shredded fresh ginger OR 1 tsp. powdered
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or part white-part wheat
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
Instructions:
------------------------------------------------------
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix dry ingredients in large mixing bowl.
Combine dried fruit, water, sweetener in a large heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and let cool.
When fruit mixture is cool mix it into premixed dry ingredients
Very quickly spread into a nonstick (or very lightly greased) 9 X 9 square pan and bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Additional comments:
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If you make a cream cheese icing to go with, this is a wonderful holiday treat!! YUM! I make it for my kids when they want to snack after school.