Gingerbread Cake
Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017
Yield: three 8 inch square pans of 16 pieces.
Ingredients
3 cups water
450 ml Molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup room temperature unsalted butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 pinches ground cloves
2 Tbsp baking powder
Directions
- Bring water to a boil, remove from the heat and stir in the molasses and baking soda. Let cool until lukewarm
- Cream together brown sugar and butter. Then add eggs one at a time
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and baking powder
- Mix in alternately the flour mixture and water mixture into the butter mixture
- Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again to remove any lumps
- Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured sides with parchment paper on the bottom)
- Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350
- Serve with peach wedge and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
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