Gingerbread Cake

Gingerbread Cake

Gingerbread is the term used for baked goodies which consist of few spices like ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg along with brown sugar and molasses. Whether it is gingerbread man cookies, gingersnaps or gingerbread cake, there are so many options.

This recipe is eggless and tastes absolutely delicious with a glass of wine. Molasses gives a very nice smoky flavors to the cake.

Ingredients Needed to make Gingerbread Cake

• All-purpose flour: Maida or all-purpose flour is used to make chunky and crispy ginger snap cookies. You can also use plain flour instead.
• Sugar: Brown or white granulated sugar.
• Spices and Salt: Ground ginger, cloves and cinnamon and a dash of salt.
• Baking soda: Acts as a leavening agent and will help spread the shape of cookies.
• Dark molasses: Adds that nice flavor and makes the cookies more crispy. It can be replaced with black treacle.
• Butter: Unsalted butter at room temperature.
• Buttermilk: To bind the dough and replace the eggs.

How to make Gingerbread Cake?

Step 1. Make batter– Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a 9″ square cake tin and dust it with flour. In a bowl whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. In another bowl add boiling water, butter, brown sugar, buttermilk, and molasses. Mix till butter melts.

Now mix the wet ingredients with dry and whisk until well combined.

Step 2. Bake the cake– Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until done.

Serving Suggestions

Serve the gingerbread cake with a glass of wine or pair them with your coffee and tea. They make a wonderful tea time cake.

Pro Tips

• Make sure to use fresh baking soda to make these cakes. Sometimes, if soda is old it won’t make the best cake.
• For best results do not overmix the cake batter.
• If you do not have molasses or black treacle, you can use honey and brown sugar paste instead.
• Store the leftover cake in the refrigerator in airtight containers.

Like gingerbread cake try these recipes…

• Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake (+Video)
• Vegan Carrot Banana Cake
• Eggless Black Forest Cake
• Mango Lassi Cake
• Mocha Coffee Cake

Looking for more such yummy Christmas recipes to get some ideas for your snacking? Do not miss my Christmas Cake and Christmas Fruit Cupcakes and the best ones’s Christmas Shortbread Cookies.

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Gingerbread Cake

Sapana Behl

Gingerbread cake is a spiced and delicious cake made with molasses and gingerbread spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Cakes

Cuisine American, British

Servings 6 People

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl
• Cake tin

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 2/3 cup molasses
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a 9″ square cake tin and dust it with flour.
• In a bowl whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt.
• In another bowl add boiling water, butter, brown sugar, buttermilk, and molasses. Mix till butter melts.
• Now mix the wet ingredients with dry and whisk until well combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until done.
  
• Cool the cake completely before slicing.

Notes

1. Make sure to use fresh baking soda to make these cakes. Sometimes, if soda is old it won’t make the best cake.
2. For best results do not overmix the cake batter.
3. If you do not have molasses or black treacle, you can use honey and brown sugar paste instead.
4. Store the leftover cake in the refrigerator in airtight containers.

Keyword easy gingerbread cake, eggless gingerbread cake, gingerbread cake

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Sapana Behl