Chocolate Ginger Cake with Maple Frosting

Man this is delicious and warming during cold weather! Just what you need to cap of an afternoon of snowballs and sledding Adapted from Moosewood's Book of Desserts. Their recipes are some of the building blocks to happiness.

I made the Chocolate Ginger Cake for my sweetheart's birthday. It'll make you swoon! Plus it's full of beneficial Omega 3's.

What you Need

3/4 cup organic sugar

2 tablespoons organic molasses

2/3 cup hemp milk

1/3 cup applesauce

1/4 cup organic canola oil

2 free range eggs (get your Omega 3's)

2 tsp Madagascan vanilla

1 cup organic spelt flour

2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp ground organic cinnamon

1 tablespoon freshly grated organic ginger

Mix all wet ingredients together. Sift all dry ingredients together. Combine. Stir in Grated Ginger. Pour into 8x8 baking pan or 9in round.

Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes. Check center with toothpick at 30 minutes and bake till it comes out clean.

Organic Maple Frosting

1/2 cup organic butter softened

2 1/2 cups organic powdered sugar

1 tsp Madagascan vanilla

1/4 cup organic maple syrup