Ingredients
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice mixture (available at Asian food shops and some supermarkets)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup cooled, very strong jasmine tea (use 1 teabag)
- 1 cup applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 6-cup loaf pan and line it with waxed or parchment paper.
Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour, five-spice mixture, and ginger. In a medium bowl, mix the tea and applesauce. In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the eggs and sugar until very light and fluffy. With the mixer running at medium speed, drizzle in the oil and mix. Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients and 1/3 of the tea-applesauce mixture and mix. Repeat twice more, using up all the ingredients. The batter will be somewhat thin. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until firm to the touch and split on the top, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 70 to 90 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack and let cool 30 minutes, then turn the cake out onto the rack, peel off the paper, and let cool.
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By ruth_lindberg_4...
Johnson City, TN
on November 06, 2006
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My husband said that this tastes like Amish Friendship Bread. It was more like a loaf than a cake, but still very good.
By moonmongrel_5997619
san francisco, CA
on August 29, 2006
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This was moist and delicious, however the batter would not fit in a standard pyrex loaf pan. I am definitely going to make it again--perhaps i'll have to bake some of the batter in a few muffin forms.
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