50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Maple Ginger Cake
50+ Friends Club Cookbook
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Maple Ginger Cake
From the Kitchen of: Pepper
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| 2 | cups | cake flour |
| 1 | tea. | baking powder |
| 1 | tea. | baking soda |
| 1/4 | tea. | salt |
| 3 | tea. | ground ginger |
| 2 | tea. | ground cinnamon |
| 1/2 | tea. | ground cloves |
| 1/2 | tea. | ground nutmeg |
| 1/2 | cup | shortening |
| 2/3 | cup | packed brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | real maple syrup |
| 1 | cup | sour cream, divided |
| 2 | | eggs |
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease
and flour two 8-inch round cake layer pans.
- 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 on medium speed.
Beat in the eggs and 1/3 cup sour cream and mix for another 2
minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- 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 the pans and continue cooling.