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Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup granulate sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 tsp (heaping) cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 oz crystallized ginger
Instructions
- First, coat the ginger pieces and almonds in flour. That way, they won't all sink to the bottom of the cake while it's baking.
- Dissolve baking soda into sour milk or buttermilk.
- Add the vanilla to the milk to get that flavor infused.
- Next, cream the butter and sugar together, then stir in the milk.
- Sift the remaining dry ingredients together and add to wet ingredients.
- Combine the ginger pieces and almonds into the mix.
- Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks.
- Fold the egg whites into the mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes at 350
- Let cake cool before frosting
Notes
Wine Pairing
This will be your new favorite homemade chocolate cake, a yummy cake recipe with a gingery flavor that melts in your mouth. The perfect way to end a great family meal is with a delectable dessert that will surely captivate everyone’s attention at the dining table.
This isn’t just any chocolate cake. It’s a sour milk chocolate cake with ginger and almonds. This should be a tangy, nutty, spicy and chocolatey cake, not at all your generic sweet chocolate cake. It’s got a point of view, perhaps several. At the same time, it’s not overly fussy or complicated to make.
If you want to frost it, you’ll need to wait until it’s cool. But, you can dust it with powdered sugar and decorate it with the some almonds. I highly suggest adding a great ginger sauce with this cake.
You can pair this cake with sweet fortified wines. Sherry is a great choice. It has a nutty flavor that matches the flavor of the almonds. Here are sweet wine suggestions that go so well with this cake:
- Port
- Madeira
- Vin Santo
- Cream Sherry
Check out these other great recipes from our Family Meal Episode 4:
Warm Corn Salad Recipe
Tasty Grilled Trout Recipe
Zesty Ginger and Peanut Soup
Lobster Scrapple Recipe
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