Ginger ginger cake

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       Title: GINGER GINGER CAKE
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 12 Servings
  
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       3 c  All-purpose flour; sifted
     1/4 ts Baking soda
       6 oz Candied ginger (abt 3/4 cup)
   3 1/2 oz Ginger; fresh *
       8 oz Butter; unsalted (2 sticks)
   2 3/4 c  Sugar
       6 lg Eggs; separated
       1 c  Sour cream
  
   Adjust a rack 1/3 up from bottom of oven and preheat oven to 350F.
   
   Butter a 10x4 1/4-inch angel food tube pan (it may be a 1 piece non-stick
   pan) with an 18 cup capacity; butter pan even if it has a non-stick finish.
   Dust it all over with fine, dry bread crumbs, invert over paper and shake
   out excess crumbs and set the pan aside.
   
   Sift together the flour and baking soda and set aside. Cut the candied
   ginger into 1/4 to 1/3-inch pieces and set aside. Grate the fresh ginger
   and set aside. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until
   soft.  Gradually beat in the grated fresh ginger and 2 1/4 cups of the
   sugar (reserving the remaining half cup). Then, beat in the egg yolks. On
   low speed, gradually add the sifted dry ingredients in two additions,
   alternately with the sour cream in one addition. Remove the bowl from the
   mixer.  Stir in half of the diced, candied ginger (reserve the remainder).
   Set aside. In the small bowl of the electric mixer (with clean beaters)
   beat the egg whites until they hold a soft shape. Reduce the speed to
   moderate and gradually add remaining half cup of sugar. Then increase the
   speed again and beat only until the whites hold a peak when the beaters are
   withdrawn. In three additions, fold the whites into the batter; with the
   first 2 additions, fold only partially, don't be too thorough and with the
   last addition, do not fold more than necessary to incorporate the whites.
   Turn into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle the reserved
   candied ginger on top. Bake for about 1 hour, or, until a cake tester
   inserted gently into the cake comes out clean.  (The cake will not rise to
   the top of the pan). Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 to 15 minutes.
   (The cake will sink about 1 inch as it cools). Then cover the pan with the
   cakeplate and, holding the pan the plate firmly together, turn them over
   and remove the pan and let the cake cool. This is a Maida Haetter recipe.
   
   *a piece 3 to 4 inches long and about 1 inch thick
  
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