Minna Canth's Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 200 ml sugar
• 400 ml whipping cream, whipped
• 600 ml all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 200 ml treacle
• 4 tablespoons melted butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 175 c.
• 2 grease and flour a 2 litre cake pan (i use a bundt pan).
• 3 whip eggs with sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add the whipped cream to the egg mixture, mix to combine.
• 5 in a separate bowl, combine the flour with baking soda and the spices.
• 6 add dry ingredient mixture alternately with the molasses, mixing well after each addition.
• 7 finally, add the melted butter, mix to combine.
• 8 pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 175 c for 30 minutes.
• 9 after the first 30 minutes, lower the oven temperature to 150 c and bake for further 20-30 minutes, or until cake tests done.