Apple Ginger Snack Cake Recipes

STICKY APPLE AND GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 200C / 390F and line a 8 x 8 inch square baking pan with baking paper.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and ginger together in a medium bowl.
• Melt the butter, syrup and sugar together in a saucepan. Add to the flour together with the stem ginger, dried fruit, apple and egg. Stir it all together with a wooden spoon until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared tin, then bake for 30 minutes until risen and golden. Cover with foil half way through cooking to prevent over-browning.
• Optional: Melt the white chocolate in a jug in the microwave (in 30-second spurts - I find 3 times does it), then drizzle all over the cake.
• When cool (and the chocolate - if you've used it - is set), slice into 8 bars.

GINGER-APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease the rim of a 10-inch cake pan with 1 tablespoon of the butter and then place it in the pan. Set the pan over very low heat and melt the butter across the bottom of the pan. Add the brown sugar and distribute evenly.
• Make circles of overlapping apple slices on top of the brown sugar. Chop any remaining slices and place them in the gaps.
• Using a mixer, blend 1/2 cup of the butter and the sugar on medium-low speed. Increase the speed to high and cream until light and fluffy.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, molasses and buttermilk. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Alternate mixing the flour and molasses mixtures into the butter mixture, adding the next once the last has been incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 to 15 minutes, then turn out onto a platter. Serve warm or cool with very softly whipped cream.

SPICY GINGER APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass or light-colored metal baking pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk sugar and eggs until light, about 1 minute. Add applesauce, oil, fresh and ground ginger, orange zest, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk to combine.
• Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder, and whisk until just combined. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top and firmly tap the pan on a countertop to release air bubbles. Bake the cake until golden and puffed, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
• When the cake is cool, make the frosting: Add the cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on medium-high until smooth, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl. Turn the speed to low, and slowly add the confectioners' sugar. Mix until the sugar is moistened, then turn the mixer speed up to medium-high and whip until smooth. Scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl. Add the ginger, lemon zest, vanilla and salt, and mix on low.
• Spread the frosting over the cooled cake in dramatic swoops and swirls, then sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup crystalized ginger on top. Serve at room temperature.

APPLE-GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and set aside.
• Beat eggs, then mix in apple sauce, oil, vanilla, molasses, ginger, apples & walnuts.
• Add apple mixture to dry ingredients, mix until just moist.
• Pour into a greased 9 x 9 baking pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool slightly, slice & serve. If you want more sweet, you could drizzle a caramel glaze over the top, or spike by drizzling brandy over it.