Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Glazed Gingerbread Cake Recipe.

Ingredients:

Cake:


1 cup raisins.
1 cup molasses.
1/2 cup packed brown sugar.
1/2 cup canola oil
.
1/3 cup each strong brewed coffee and orange juice.
2 TBSPs water
.
3 large eggs
.
3 cups all-purpose flour.
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder.
1 TBSP ground ginger
.
1 TBSP grated orange zest.
1 TSP cream of tartar
.
1 TSP baking soda
.
1/2 TSP each ground cinnamon, mace and nutmeg.
Glaze:


2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar.
1/4 cup 2% milk
.
2 TBSPs butter, melted.
1/4 TSP vanilla extract.

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10" fluted tube pan. Place raisins in a small bowl; add boiling water to cover and let stand 5 minutes. Drain.
In a large bowl, whisk molasses, brown sugar, oil, coffee, orange juice and water until blended. In a small bowl, beat eggs on high speed 3-4 minutes or until thick and lemon-colored. In another bowl, whisk remaining cake ingredients. Add to molasses mixture alternately with eggs, mixing just until combined. Fold in raisins.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs (do not overbake). Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth. Pour over cake.

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