Black Ginger Cake (low Fat)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2/3 cup hot coffee (strong!)
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f; lightly oil an 8-by-8-inch baking pan or coat with non-stick spray. line bottom of pan with parchment paper or wax paper. oil or spray paper.
• 2 sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, ground ginger and salt into a mixing bowl. add crystallized ginger and stir to coat.
• 3 in another bowl, stir baking soda into hot coffee and whisk in molasses, egg and oil. pour into the dry mixture; stir just until blended. do not overmix or the cake will be tough.
• 4 scrape the batter into the pan and bake 30-40 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. cool in the pan for 5 minutes. turn the cake onto a wire rack and cool until lukewarm.
• 5 sprinkle the cake with confectioner's sugar or lay a stencil or paper doily on the cake and dust with sugar. carefully remove the doily or stencil.