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There’s nothing more gratifying or satisfying than using seasonal fruits in your baking. I think it goes hand-in-hand with my theme obsession. I think of seasonal fruit like seasonal themes. You enjoy them while they’re ripe and fresh, and then move on to the next new and fun fruit in the next season. That’s why I’m so excited about this Winter Pomegranate Spice Cake.

It really brings together all the flavors of winter – rich, dark, and spiced. Winter is a time for cozy, rich foods {much to the dismay of my every expanding hips}. I just can’t help it, though. How else am I supposed to get through these cold winter nights? Snacking, that’s how. Come April, I’m really going to regret my food choices this winter. But for now, I’m going to live in the moment.

As a kid, I didn’t like pomegranates very much. I couldn’t get over the fact that I was basically chewing on seeds. Was I supposed to swallow the seeds? Was I supposed to chew on them until all that was left were the seeds and them spit them out? I may or may not have gone through a phase of spitting out the seeds when I was done getting to the sweet part. Kids do weird things. As I got a little older, a little more tolerant of the idea of eating/swallowing pomegranate seeds, I fell in love with the fruit. Getting the seeds out of the fruit is an entirely different story. Now, I want to sprinkle pomegranate seeds on just about everything.

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Winter Pomegranate Spice Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake
• 1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cloves
• 1 stick Unsalted Butter, cut into ½ inch pieces
• 2/3 cup Dark Brown Sugar
• 2/3 cup Pomegranate Molasses
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2/3 cup Boiled Water
• 1 large egg
For the Frosting
• 1 8oz package Cream Cheese
• 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, softened
• 3 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

For the Cake
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together flour, baking soda, dark brown sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
3. Add in the butter and beat on low until combined (there will be small chunks of butter)
4. One ingredient at a time, and beating for 30 second in between, add in the water, egg and pomegranate molasses. Add the vanilla extract last and beat until well combined, about 2 minutes
5. Pour the batter into a greased two 4 inch baking pans
6. Bake for 35 minutes
7. Allow the cake to cool before frosting
For the Frosting
8. Using the paddle attachment on a stand mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until fluffy (high for about 5 minutes)
9. Add in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, and continue beating in between each additional cup
10. Add vanilla extract after all the powdered sugar has been added
11. Beat for 3-5 minutes until fluffy

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