🔵 Buttermilk Ginger Spice Cake Recipe

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with fewer calories.

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is plant-based and dairy-free.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed.

fresh ginger

🥗Healthier: ground ginger

💰Cheaper: none

Ground ginger is more accessible but less fresh.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180ºC).

Grease a 9" x 13" cake dish.

Cream the butter and brown sugar together.

Add the eggs, one at a time beating until smooth.

Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla extract.

Whisk together the dry ingredients; then mix into the wet ingredients until combined.

Scrape the batter into the greased dish.

Bake the cake for 45 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool on a rack in the pan.

Let the cake cool at least a little before serving - serve directly from the dish.

While the cake is baking, prepare the topping - if you want it.

Stir together the melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Stir in the milk.

At the 45 minute mark spread the topping and nuts on the baked cake.

Return to the oven for 15 more minutes.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens