Ginger Spice Cake With Dried Cherries

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for pan
• 1 cup dried tart cherries (about 6 ounces), finely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
• 1 tablespoon finely grated peeled ginger
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 cup hot espresso or very strong coffee
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
• (optional)
• A 6-8-cup Bundt pan

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Butter Bundt pan. Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess. Combine cherries, crystallized ginger, grated ginger, and Dijon mustard in a medium bowl. Pour espresso over cherry mixture and set aside. Whisk 2 1/2 cups flour, ground ginger, baking soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and pepper in a large bowl.
2. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add brown sugar and beat for 2 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in molasses.
3. Strain cherry mixture into a small bowl, reserving soaking liquid. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternately with soaking liquid in 2 additions, beating to blend between additions. Fold in drained cherry mixture. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake until top of cake springs back when lightly pressed in the middle, about 1 hour. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. DO AHEAD:
5. Remove cake from pan. Spoon Luscious Chocolate Icing over cake, if using, allowing it to drip down sides. Cut cake into wedges to serve.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ginger-spice-cake-with-dried-cherries-395034 (may not work)