This is the perfect winter cake. Dense and flavourful and full of old-fashioned molasses flavour.
Plus, it is a packed with iron, calcium and magnesium. A cake that loves you back. MWAH!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 8-inch square pan.
Mix flax egg and set on the counter to gel
In a large bowl, mix together the oil and sugar. Beat in the applesauce, flax egg, and mix in the molasses.
In a bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Blend into the wet ingredients. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake 45 mins in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving. Prepare to be knocked out by this gingery molasses beauty.