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Gingerbread Cake

Gingerbread Cake

This delicious and super moist Gingerbread Cake is one of the most suitable baked items you can make in the holiday season. This layered cake is packed with Christmas flavours and infused with the tangy Cream Cheese Frosting.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 5078 kcal

Ingredients
 

For The Gingerbread Cake

  • 2¼ cup All-purpose flour, Spooned and levelled
  • 1¼ cup Brown sugar, Packed
  • 2 Eggs, Room-temperature
  • ¼ cup+1tbsp Molasses, Not Blackstrap
  • ¾ cup Oil
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1½ teaspoon Baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Gingerbread Spice, See notes
  • 1¼ cup Hot water

For The Frosting

  • ½ cup Butter, Room-temperature
  • 4 ounce Cream cheese, Room-temperature
  • 2-3 cups Powdered sugar, Sifted
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 2-3 tablespoon Heavy cream, If needed

Instructions
 

How To Make The Gingerbread Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350℉, grease and line 2X8-inch or 3X6-inch pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Sift all dry ingredients and set aside.
    2¼ cup All-purpose flour, 1½ teaspoon Baking soda, ¼ teaspoon Salt, 1 tablespoon Gingerbread Spice
  • Using the whisk attachment, mix brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, oil, and molasses in the mixing bowl until all ingredients are well incorporated and the mixture is light in colour.
    1¼ cup Brown sugar, 2 Eggs, ¼ cup+1tbsp Molasses, ¾ cup Oil, 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Start by adding the dry ingredients alternating with hot water in three passes. Start and finish with dry. Stop mixing once there is no trace of dry ingredients. The batter will be thin, and that is okay. Do Not Overmix.
    1¼ cup Hot water
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until an insert comes out clean.
  • Let the cake layers cool down in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer them to the cooling rack to cool down entirely.

How To Make The Frosting

  • Beat the butter until it is pale in colour and fluffy. About 3-5 minutes.
    ½ cup Butter
  • Add the cream cheese in small chunks and beat well until both ingredients are combined.
    4 ounce Cream cheese
  • Add the powdered sugar in ¼ cup at a time. Add vanilla extract and beat the mixture for 2-3 minutes.
    2-3 cups Powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Add 2-3 tablespoons of heavy cream if the frosting is stiff. Let the cake layers cool down entirely, then frost them with cream cheese frosting.
    2-3 tablespoon Heavy cream

Notes

Get the recipe for the Gingerbread Spice Recipe from here. Spice Blends

Nutrition

Calories: 5078kcalCarbohydrates: 754gProtein: 50gFat: 323gSaturated Fat: 105gPolyunsaturated Fat: 56gMonounsaturated Fat: 147gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 720mgSodium: 3533mgPotassium: 1113mgFiber: 10gSugar: 276gVitamin A: 5314IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 580mgIron: 20mg
Keyword CAKE, Christmas Cake, Gingerbread, Gingerbread cake
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