GINGER SPICE!

i'm all about a good cake, guys.
that's no joke.
i want all the cake. i want all the frosting.
i want all the gingery spice.
and that's exxxactly what i've got going on over here.
check it out, via teleport:

YEAH!!
it's a dense, soft, spongy, thiccc piece of work,
and it's reallllllly effing good, too.
you wanna know what's in it?
molasses.
ginger.
cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves.
brown sugar.
love.
awwwwww.
yes, neighbors, i put my heart into my treats.
and i put the recipes here for you.
ready?
ok!
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GINGER SPICE SEPTEMBER CAKE!
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preheat your oven to 360℉.
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in a medium-sized mixin' bowl, mash up:
1 cup light brown sugar;
1/2 tsp salt;
1 stick vegan butter;
1 tsp vanilla;
2 T skin-on organic finely-minced ginger;
1 1/2 tsp ginger extract;
3 T molasses;
1 T cinnamon;
1/2 tsp nutmeg, allspice;
dash of cloves-
smash all that into mush, and stir in:
1/4 cup tapioca flour;
1/2 cup non-dairy yogurt-
whip that around using a spatula, and scrape it all off the sides, too.
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next, add 2 1/2 cups flour;
2 tsp baking powder;
1 tsp baking sida;
and 1 cup non-dairy milk.
whip it well, thoroughly but gently folding it all together,
and pour it into a greased 9" springform pan.
bake it up for thirty-five to forty minutes, or until a tester comes away clean from the center.
it should form a few cracks in the surface, and get sorta shiny on top when it's ready.
pop the spring off the sides of that pan, and let it cool completely before you decorate it.
me?
i'm a fan of no-occasion single-layer cakes.
i really am.
i want a casual slice of non-celebratory indulgence whenever i feel like it,
and single layer jauns are just the thing to make that happen.
so that's what i do.
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i used the cinnamaplecreamchee' frosting from the last cake for this one too.
that's always a good idea.
MORE cinnamaplecreamchee' boomfire is what we all need,
and everybody is better off after a slice of septembery cake.
that's for sure.
nobody knows how much i think about these things all day-
or how much i look forward to a morning where i can get elbows-deep in batter,
and do the thing i love best.
mmmhmmmm.
a great tattoo is fulfilling,
but a great cake is thrilling and filling as well.
i do what i do because i am compelled to.
it's my purpose.
i guess being the baker-man isn't worst of things, is it?
meanwhile, i'm racing around like a wild man trying to accomplish everything else, too.
there's a LOT to do these days,
and it's all really happening, even if it feels like the world is moving faster than i am by half;
NQNS.....