Eggless gingerbread cake

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 1/2 tsp Ginger, ground
  • 1 tbsp Ginger, fresh
  • 1 Lemon

• Condiments

  • 3/4 cup Molasses

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/3 cup All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1/4 tsp Cloves, ground
  • 1/3 cup Granulated sugar, White
  • 1/4 tsp Salt

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 13/16 cup Milk

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Description

Directions

• Preheat the oven at 325 degrees F or 165 degrees C for at least 10 minutes.
• Also grease the 8 inch square baking pan with butter or oil. Or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Take dry ingredients (all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, salt, baking powder, lemon zest and chopped ginger) in a bowl.
• Whisk it well till incorporated well. Keep it aside.
• In another large bowl, take softened unsalted butter and sugar.
• Using the spatula, start mashing and mixing the butter and sugar. It will becomes like a thick paste, that time switch to wire whisk.
• If you are using the stand mixer or electric mixer then no need to mash with spatula, directly start beating.
• Now using the wire whisk, beat it till it gets smooth, light and fluffy.
• Now add molasses. Beat it again till well combined.
• Now add milk. Make sure to use the room temperature milk (not cold from the fridge).
• Again beat it. It may curdle because of too much liquid, but it will fine once we add flour.
• Now add flour mixture.
• Mix it well, halfway through I switched to spatula, so I do not over mix the batter.
• Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Smooth out the surface and spread the batter evenly.
• Bake into preheated oven for 50-55 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake, if it comes out clean then cake it ready.
• Remove from the oven, place on wire rack and let the cake cool in the pan itself for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, using butter knife loosen the sides of cake from pan.
• Invert the cake upside down on the wire rack. Let the cake cool down completely.