Gingerbread Cake
2c organic flour (or gluten free mix)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2c coconut oil or organic butter
3/4c organic brown sugar or honey
2 large eggs
1/2c blackstrap molasses
2/3c hot water
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9" square baking pan and set aside.
Combine flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in medium bowl. In large bowl, beat together coconut oil/butter and brown sugar/honey until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one and a time, beating well after each. Mix in molasses, then flour mixture, then the hot water. Mix well until batter is smooth.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in middle of the oven for 40-45 minutes, until a tester is clean. Cool in the pan, on a rack, for another 20 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.
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