Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • Cake:
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup mild molasses
  • 2 eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • Frosting:
  • 8 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
  • 1 cup whipped topping (like COOL whip)
  • 1 Tbsp mild molasses
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • Toppings[/b]:
  • About 1/2 cup pure maple syrup for topping of the cake
  • 2 Tbsp of powder sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon for top of frosting

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 baking dish.
  • Combine milk, oil, molasses and brown sugar in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Heat up the ingredients but don't simmer, while stirring. After the liquids have heated through, take off heat. Let them cool a bit before whisking in eggs so that you don't cook the eggs.
  • Whisk eggs into liquid ingredients until all smooth.
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon and ground cloves.
  • Whisk liquid ingredients into dry ingredients until all combined and smooth. Pour into prepared baking dish and make sure it is spread evenly. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Make sure to do a toothpick test before taking cake out of the oven.
  • Poke small holes all over the top of the cake, but not all the way through, and drizzle with pure maple syrup. (Now smell it...oh yea!)
  • While cake is cooling, prepare frosting.
  • Beat cream cheese, molasses and brown sugar with an electric mixer, on medium to high speed, for 2 minutes. Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl and beat it for another 2 minutes.
  • Fold in whipped topping until all incorporated and smooth.
  • When cake is completely cooled, spread frosting evenly.
  • Optional: dust it with powder sugar/cinnamon mixture.