Low Fat Gingerbread Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup apple butter
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f lightly oil a 1/2 gallon (7 x 11 inch) baking pan. set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, whisk together wet ingredients (apple butter, buttermilk, molasses, oil, egg and vanilla).
• 3 in another bowl, stir together dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda and salt), breaking up any lumps of brown sugar with your fingertips.
• 4 stir dry ingredients into apple butter mixture until well combined.
• 5 scrape batter into prepared baking dish and smoothing top.
• 6 bake for 30 to 40 minutes or inserted knife comes out clean. let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.