When I first saw this recipe in real simple I fell in love with it. I usually fall in love with recipes either King Arthur flour blog site or all recipes when they have very high reviews, but usually not any other sites. It is a really simple cake with apple and molasses as star ingredients.
At first I thought instead of molasses, I can try with Jaggery (unrefined sugar). However, I was not sure about the quantities that I need to use so skipped this time and tried to follow the original recipe. One good thing about this recipe is it is diary free. It uses oil instead of butter. It also uses fresh grated ginger, which is rarely used in cakes. This is a simple cake and if you like the taste of molasses and fresh ginger it is going to be a tasty cake for you.
I used Granny smith apple as it mentioned in the original recipe. My hubby likes granny smith apples but myself or the little one are not a fan of it because it tastes more tart than sweet. I like to bake with it compared to any other apples. I cut them in chunks, but if you want, you can grate them too. I spiced the cake a little more than the original recipe with extra spices like nutmeg, cardamom and even black pepper. I also substituted with half white whole wheat flour. I made this cake during a weekend, when one of our friends visited. I served this cake and they liked it a lot.
It is not so sweet, but moist best when it is warm. There are some cake recipes you want to repeat more often, and this one of that kind. I am going to make them whenever I get a chance. Next time I am going to try with jaggery, my favorite form of sugar. Here is the recipe, if you get a chance try this one.
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What you need
Unbleached All purpose flour: 1 cup
White whole wheat flour: 1 cup
Olive oil: ½ cup (I used light baking one)
Boling water: ½ cup
Egg: 1 no
Molasses: ½ cup (I used Grandma’s)
Packed light brown sugar: ½ cup
Baking soda: 1 ½ teaspoon
Ground cinnamon: 1 teaspoon
Ground cloves: ½ teaspoon
Ground Nutmeg: ½ teaspoon
Black pepper: 1/8 teaspoon
Cardamom: 2 no
Sea salt: ½ teaspoon
Freshly grated ginger: 1 tablespoon
Granny smith Apple: 2 no (Pitted cored and chopped into chunks)
How I made
Preheat oven to 350° F. Oil a 9-inch round cake pan, line the bottom with a parchment circle, oil again, and dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg cardamom and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, molasses, brown sugar, egg, ginger, and ½ cup boiling water. Add to the flour mixture and whisk until just combined (do not over mix). Fold in the apples.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes, and then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Enjoy; if you want you serve them dusted with confectionery sugar
Preparation time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Yield: 9 inch cake
Verdict: Moist cake
Will you make it again: Yes I will
I am linking this delicious cake to Hearth and Soul blog hop # 99 hosted here.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Looks new flavor and delicious, wonderful preparation…
I do not have fresh ginger so how much should I use in dried? Also what does no mean Cardamom? Thank you for your help. I love apples and would love to make this for my family tonight with our pork chops dinner?
Heather,
Yes you can substitute dried ginger to fresh. Use 1 teaspoon of dry ginger. If don’t have cardamom use nutmeg if you have otherwise simply skip it. I will appreciate if you get back with me your feed back.
cake looks delicious and very tempting dear 🙂
Wowwwwww.. looks super delicious and awesome.. inviting pictures 🙂
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wow such flavourful cake,i want that slice:)
Looks awesome Swathi…love the addition of ginger and other spices to it
Love that rich color of the cake, awesome..
texture of the cake is so perfect. delicious looking pics.
Mindblowing cake,looks super moist,yummy and quite inviting.
Swathi OH that is your beautiful princess … congratulations. This apple pie is fantastic and molasses are those species delicious kisses .. uhmmmm Marimi
Rightly baked and looks so moist and appealing cake !!
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What a lovely, and delicious apple cake, Swathi. The mollases give it a nice color, flavor, and texture to it! A keeper:DDD
Mmm, looks moist and yummy. I’ll bet you could use all white whole wheat flour — I’ve used it for everything from cookies to cakes with excellent results.
Lovely cake Swathi,love the texture and color..soft and yummy cake
This cake looks so delicious! I love the spices you have used to flavor this cake.
very new and inviting…luv the flavor of molases…
Wow the cake looks so inviting.
Great preparation and love the flavour.
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yummy n soft cake with lovely spices..
This looks so moist and fabulous!!! I just love apple cake 🙂
looks really yummy!
This cake sounds wonderful, Swathi. It’s one of those lovely old fashioned recipes that always taste best, and your cake looks absolutely delicious.
I love the rich flavors of the wheat flour, molasses and spices in this cake! Wonderful flavors to wrap around apples!
The color of this cake is so inviting! Love the use of ginger in them!
Love the spicy version of this cake and looks so good and spongy.
Rico pastel muy lindo color y esponjoso luce luce maravilloso,abrazos hugs,hugs.
What a perfect slice! The molasses must have added a different flavour altogether
delicious cake
Delicious looking cake! Would love a slice of it right now!
Happy Mother’s Day, Swathi!
I love spice cake, and this one looks fantastic!
wow..yummy n healthy version..;P
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Beautiful cake Swathi, love it!
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hi swathi, first time i really read this apple-molasses spice cake and as i read the ingredients, i find it interesting to have a spicy taste and towards the end, i just felt hungry. ha ha have a nice day
Wow, I love it, Looks realy delicious!! Thaks for sharing!!
wowww this looks reallyy yummyyyyyyyyy
awesome cake… love it…
The cake looks so rich and awesome..I am not really fond of sweets but I love spiced cakes.
The cake looks so delicious and lovely texture and so full of flavours.
Delicious flavorful cake…
Great post. I was wondering if you would like to put up a link to this apple recipe in my Food on Friday Series.
Great that you linked this in. Have a nice week.
lovely cake with a cuppa
It is something new for me..but still looks so delicious…yummy
I love cakes like this and yours look so good.
Yum! looks tasty!
I have never bought molasses. I have always used corn syrup instead, I wonder it tastes significantly different. I should try it sometime!
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Love the pictures and the explanation.
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Tempting n delicious
Yummy cake, looks so spongy n moist.
Cake looks so moist and so soft.. Would love to grab a piece 🙂 Happy to follow you..
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never tasted spicy cake before.. it looks delicious.. glad to follow you.. do stop by mine sometime..
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Sounds like a wonderful combo, I haven’t had a apple cake in a long time. looks delicious I’m going to bookmark for later. thanks for sharing! =)
yummy and tempting cake..
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I still have a whole bottle of molasses sitting in the cupboard. This is a perfect recipe to use it up. Yummy!
Mmmm..I love granny smith apples! This cake looks divine! All I need is a cup of tea and a slice of this and I would be content! Have a fabulous weekend!
unique recipe. love the soft and delicious cake.
Looks incredible and super tempting..
looks so good, very moravian the cultural food of winston salem NC where I live
Wow looks so delicious 🙂 And wonderful pictures as well.
You have a great blog.!
I love baking with molasses, it adds flavor and sweetness. Beautiful cake!
Wow what a wonderful spiced cake looks so inviting.
looks fabulous and wonderful cake..
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Wonderful preparation and love the new flavour of adding spice in cake.
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