Spiced Ginger Cake

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. 2

   Grease and lightly flour a 8-inch by 3-inch cake pan.

3. 3

   Into a large bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger, cloves, and allspice.

4. 4

   Using a pastry blender, 2 knives, or your fingers, work the butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

5. 5

   Add the eggs, vanilla, milk, and half of the crystallized ginger and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will appear lumpy).

6. 6

   Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle remaining crystallized ginger on top of batter.

7. 7

   Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester inserted into cake?s center comes out clean.

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