Ready to celebrate Vernors 150th anniversary, but can't make it out to all of the events? Try making this Vernors bundt cake at home. VERNORS 150TH BIRTHDAY How Vernors, Michigan's ginger ale, endured 150 years Vernors celebrates 150 years Detroit restaurants to toast Vernors with special menu items, cocktails Vernors superfans are authors, collectors and even look like the gnome Vernors gnome logo found a home in Detroit folklore Detroit set to celebrate Vernors 150th birthday with events all week How Detroit's drink Vernors was born How to cook with Vernors

Ingredients

1 cup butter, unsalted

11/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

1 cup sugar

4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum extract
1 cup Vernors
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
21/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 10-inch tube or 12-cup Bundt pan.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Blend in eggs, vanilla and rum extract. Add Vernors.

In another large bowl toss together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves.

Add to the creamed mixture and mix well.

Spoon into prepared pan. Bake until the cake springs back when lightly pressed (45 minutes for sheet pan and 60 minutes for the tube or Bundt pan).

Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Cool thoroughly on a rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar or stir together about 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar with 2-3 tablespoons of Vernors and drizzle glaze over cake..

Adapted from several recipes. Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen at the Great Lakes Culinary Center in Southfield. Nutrition information not available.

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