Gingerbread Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c, gas mark 3).
• 2 grease and lightly flour bundt pan; set aside.
• 3 in medium bowl, sift together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder; set aside.
• 4 in large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, and butter. beat 3 minutes, until light and fluffy, scraping bowl often.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 blend in vanilla.
• 7 reduce mixer speed to low. blend flour mixture into sugar mixture, alternately with milk.
• 8 spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading batter slightly up into the sides of the pan.
• 9 place pan on baking sheet and bake for 55-65 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool upright in pan for 10 minutes. remove from pan onto cooling rack and cool completely.
• 11 cake can be dusted with powdered sugar or decorated with frosting and candies.