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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Swedish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour three 8-inch pans. Bring beer and molasses to boil in a heavy medium-size non-reactive saucepan over high heat. Remove from heat and add baking soda. Let it stand about 1 hour until cool. | 2. Whisk flour and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl until blended. Whisk eggs and both sugars in another bowl until blended. Whisk in oil, then stout mixture. Gradually whisk liquid mixture into dry mixture. Stir in fresh ginger. | 3. Divide mixture evenly between the 3 cake pans and level tops. Bake until tester inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 14 minutes, then invert onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely. (Cakes can be made 1 day ahead of serving, wrapped securely. Or wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then put into plastic zip-top bags and cool until ready to use.). | 4. For frosting:. | 5. Use electric mixer to beat cream cheese, butter, and orange peel in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Chill 30 minutes before frosting cake. Decorate with candied ginger arranged in a circle at top edge of cake. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
stout beer	1	cup		-	-	-	-
molasses	1	cup		977.3	251.8401	0.0	0.337
baking soda	1 1/2	1/2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
ginger	2	tablespoons	ground	9.6	2.1324	0.2184	0.09
baking powder	1 1/2	1/2		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	3/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
clove	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
cardamom	1/8	teaspoon	ground	0.7775	0.1712	0.0269	0.0168
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
dark brown sugar	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
vegetable oil	3/4	cup		1409.37	0.0	0.0	163.5
ginger	1	tablespoon	minced	9.6	2.1324	0.2184	0.09
cream cheese	16	ounces		1338.12	15.876	32.2056	129.7296
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
orange peel	3/4	teaspoon	grated	1.455	0.375	0.0225	0.003
sugar	2	cups	powdered	933.6	239.44799999999998	0.0	0.0
ginger	2	tablespoons	chopped candied	9.6	2.1324	0.2184	0.09

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.