Extra Gingery Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.75 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 0.5 cup apple juice
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 0.5 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour a 10 inch springform pan.
2. Stir together flour, cinnamon, cloves, ground ginger, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, mix sugar with oil, juice, molasses, eggs, and fresh ginger in a large bowl. Mix in crystallized ginger. Stir in flour mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake for 1 hour, or until cake tester comes out clean. Run a knife around the edge to loosen cake, and release pan sides. Serve warm.