Christmas Gingerbread Cake
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Christmas Gingerbread Cake
Description
The Christmas Gingerbread Cake features a spiced cake batter containing ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, sweetened with molasses and brown sugar and combined with butter, eggs, buttermilk, and flour. The batter is divided into three layers and baked until set with a moist crumb. Once cooled, the cake is layered and covered with a cream cheese frosting made from softened cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar, producing a smooth, tangy complement to the spice-rich cake.
The combination of warming spices and molasses gives the cake a deep flavor, balanced by the buttermilk's slight tang and the creamy frosting's sweetness. The texture is soft and moist, suitable for slicing beautifully into festive layers. The frosting adds a creamy, slightly tangy contrast that enhances the gingerbread's character.
This cake is typically served during Christmas, fitting as a centerpiece dessert for holiday gatherings or celebrations. The layers and frosting allow it to hold together well for slicing and sharing.
Ingredients
GINGERBREAD
- 3/4 cup butter melted
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups molasses
- 1 cup water warm
- 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
- 3 large egg
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 2 (8 ounce packages) cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup butter softened, salted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease three 9-inch round pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter, sugar, molasses, warm water, buttermilk, and eggs. Whisk in ginger, cinnamon, cloves, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Slowly add in flour and mix until just combined.
- Divide batter evenly into prepared baking pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cakes cool in the pans for 5 to 10 minutes before removing and cooling completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, make your frosting by beating butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl until smooth. Beat in vanilla extract until just combined. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired frosting consistency.
- Layer the cake together, frosting between layers as well as the top and outside of the cake.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 3layers
Amount Per Serving
Calories 698 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 698kcal | 35% |
| Carbohydrates | 131g | 44% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 73mg | 24% |
| Sodium | 698mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 845mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 104g | 208% |
| Vitamin A | 525IU | 11% |
| Calcium | 261mg | 26% |
| Iron | 4.1mg | 23% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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