Great Grandma’s Soft Ginger Cake

Posted on by November 30, 2013

Great Grandma’s Soft Ginger Cake

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Serves 9
Inspiration Jenny Lou

Ingredients

  • 1 Basic Buttercream Frosting recipe

Cake

  • 1 1/4 Cups all purpose flour
  • 1 Tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 Tsp ginger
  • 1/2 Tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 Tsp cloves
  • 1/8 Tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1/2 cup cooking molasses
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1 Large egg (well beaten)

Directions

Cake
Mix together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
Great Grandma's Soft Ginger Cake - measure the dry ingredients
Using an electric beater, cream together the vegetable shortening, sugar and molasses.
Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternating with the boiling water, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat in the egg.
Great Grandma's Soft Ginger Cake - the batter
Pour into a well greased 8 x 8 x 2 inch glass baking pan.
Great Grandma's Soft Ginger Cake - ready to bake
Bake at 350 deg F for 45 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean. Ice the cake when warm with Butter Frosting.
Frost the top of the warm cake with the Basic Buttercream Frosting
Great Grandma's Soft Ginger Cake
Would you like to serve this to a larger group?
To double the size of this recipe, grease an 13 x 9 x 2 inch glass baking pan. Double all the measures of the ingredients, except the baking soda. For a double recipe, use 1 3/4 tsp of baking soda.