[Tofu-N-Sprouts]

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.

 

[emichaud]

I tried this a month or so ago- I used ground ginger, because the fresh ginger in my area just didn't look that great. It came out really nice with a very smooth consistency- very moist.

 

[dimantslv]

It sounds perefct!