How To Make Classic Gingerbread Cake
Celebrate Christmas with a tasty serving of the classic gingerbread in cake form! This easy-to-make gingerbread cake makes the perfect little holiday treat.
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 40 minutes
Total: 55 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupwhite sugar
- ½cupbutter
- 1egg
- 1cupunsulphured molasses
- 2½cupsall-purpose flour
- 1½tspbaking soda
- 2tspground cinnamon
- 2tspground ginger
- 1tspground cloves
- ½tspsalt
- ½cupapplesauce,optional
- 1cuphot water
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour or use baking spray on a 9 inch square pan.
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In a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until lightened in color and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then mix in the molasses until fully combined.
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Add in the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves until just combined. With a whisk, add in the hot water and applesauce.
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Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 288.25kcal
- Fat: 8.35g
- Saturated Fat: 5.03g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.16g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.49g
- Carbohydrates: 51.05g
- Fiber: 1.15g
- Sugar: 30.37g
- Protein: 3.29g
- Cholesterol: 33.67mg
- Sodium: 248.59mg
- Calcium: 72.67mg
- Potassium: 461.54mg
- Iron: 2.74mg
- Vitamin A: 70.62µg
- Vitamin C: 2.17mg
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