Maple Ginger Cake

This is a popular recipe along the eastern seaboard where maple syrup runs in March.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 200 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups cake flour
• ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• ⅔ cup sour cream
• 1 cup real maple syrup
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake layer pans.

Step 2

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 at medium speed. Beat in the eggs and 1/3 cup sour cream and mix for another 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Step 3

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 pans and continue cooling.