Spiced Red Wine Cake with Dates and Ginger
Cuisine: German
Author: Kirsten | My Kitchen in the Rockies
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Ingredients
  • 1⅛ cup (250 g) butter, unsalted
  • 2 cups (250 g) confectionery sugar
  • 4 eggs, large
  • 2 cups 1½ Tablespoons (250 g) flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ⅓ cup 1 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 pinch red chili powder
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1¾ cup red wine ( I used Merlot)
  • ½ cup dates, chopped
  • ¼ cup crystallized ginger, chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 F. Grease 9 inch loaf pan.
  2. In a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients on the ingredients list from flour to pepper. Set aside.
  3. Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer for about 4 minutes on medium high speed. Add the eggs one at a time.
  4. Add the flour mixture in three steps to the butter mixture, alternating with the red wine. Make sure to finish with the flour mixture. Don't over mix!
  5. Whisk in the dates and crystallized ginger.
  6. Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the batter comes out clean.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2012/01/09/spiced-red-wine-cake-with-dates-and-ginger/