Yield 8
servings
Recipe from
The Modern Vegetarian
Husband-Tested
in Alice’s Kitchen
Here’s a delicious treat, just right
for a casual dinner party, a picnic or a lunchbox. Bank up some prep time by
measuring out the dry ingredients twice and storing the extra dry mix so you
can make this again especially quick later on.
½ cup plain, unflavored soy
milk
½ cup pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup!)
6 Tablespoons molasses
6 Tablespoons canola oil or
melted unsalted butter (Use oil if
you wish this to be vegan.*)
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 cup whole-wheat pastry
flour
1 cup unbleached all-purpose
flour
2 Tablespoons ground ginger
2 ½ teaspoons ground
cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon fine sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pinch of freshly ground
black pepper
Preheat the oven to
350F. Lightly oil an 8-inch square
baking pan and dust it with a bit of flour.
In a large bowl, whisk the soy milk, maple syrup, molasses, oil (or
butter), vanilla, and the vinegar. In a
medium bowl, sift together the flours, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, baking
powder, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and the pepper.
Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture with a rubber spatula,
taking care not to over mix. Pour in the
baking pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the
center comes out clean. Allow the cake
to cook, in the banking dish, to room temperature before slicing.
Finishing Touch Options:
· Dust the cake with some powdered
sugar (vegan)
· Serve with Lemon Curd
· Serve with a dollop of sweetened
whipping cream
· Serve with a dollop of Sweetened Thick Yogurt Cream**
**To make Sweetened Thick Yogurt
Cream, place coffee
filter in a sieve and set it over a bowl.
Put a cup of plain Greek yogurt in the coffee filter and let the yogurt
set for at least 2 hours. The whey (the liquid) will fall through the sieve
into the bowl leaving a thick cream in the filter. (You can discard the whey or use it in other recipes.) Put the
cream in another bowl and add 1 Tablespoon or so of real maple syrup or honey. Mix thoroughly. Chill until ready to serve.
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