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Triple Ginger Pound Cake

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 28, 2011
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Gold Medal® all-purpose flour provides a simple addition to this ginger pound cake served with a distinctive tea-flavored whipped cream - a great dessert!

Triple Ginger Pound Cake

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 3 hr 10 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 14
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Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

Tea-Flavored Whipped Cream

  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon unsweetened instant tea mix
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan. In medium bowl, mix flour, ground ginger, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, beat 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar, the butter, gingerroot, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 5 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. On low speed, beat flour mixture into sugar mixture alternately with milk. Fold in crystallized ginger until evenly mixed. Spread in pan.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  • Step 
    4
    In chilled large bowl, beat all whipped cream ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Serve whipped cream with cake.

Nutrition

290 Calories
17g Total Fat
4g Protein
29g Total Carbohydrate
15g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
290
Calories from Fat
160
Total Fat
17g
27%
Saturated Fat
10g
52%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
95mg
31%
Sodium
135mg
6%
Potassium
75mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
29g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
15g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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