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Easy Apple Gingerbread Cake

Easy apple gingerbread

4.8 from 11 reviews

Easy Apple Gingerbread Cake is quick to make and always moist and delicious. Bake it as a snack cake or dress it up with a glaze.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup oil (vegetable, olive, grapeseed, canola…)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned in
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. cloves
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 4 tart apples peeled and cut into 1/2 inch chunks

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
  2. In another bowl whisk oil, molasses, brown sugar, egg, vanilla and ½ cup boiling water.
  3. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir just until combined.
  4. Gently fold in the apples.
  5. Scrape batter into a greased and floured 9” round cake pan.
  6. Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes (or until a tester comes out clean)