Gingerbread Cake
Gingerbread Cake is an old-fashioned Christmas cake you will want to bake and eat all year. With molasses, ginger, and cinnamon, it truly has the taste of the holiday season.
Gingerbread Cake
Equipment
- 1 8" inch by 4" loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2/3 cups 35% cream
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature, cut into cubes
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 F.
- Meanwhile, prepare an 8 by 4-inch loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon.
- Warm the cream. Set aside.
- In a small pot warm the butter, molasses, and brown sugar until liquid. Stir. Cool slightly.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and cream. Add to the molasses mixture. Whisk again.
- Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Pour Gingerbread Cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes.hour and
- Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Unmold onto a wire rack.
- Let the gingerbread Cake cool completely before slicing it with a bread knife and serving.
This looks good. When do you use the cream?
Good eye Riek! Recipe file cut off the section. Cream is whisked in with the eggs. Let us know how your cake turns out!
Thanks! Will do
This was easy and made a very tasty loaf! I divided it into three small pans so I could give them away as gifts. I tasted a bit–excellent!
Glad you enjoyed the recipe. Using three small pans is an excellent idea.