Gingerbread Cake with Molasses
This gingerbread cake recipe is one I've been making for years. It has all the best flavors for Christmastime, and it's a true crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
Molasses Cake
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 cup molasses unsulphered
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup hot water
Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar or more as needed
- water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Grease and flour a Bundt cake pan.
- In a mixing bowl, use an electric mixer or a hand mixer to cream together the sugar and softened butter. Beat in the egg, and then stir in the molasses.
- Stir the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and salt into the wet mixture. Mix on low. Stir in the hot water.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until an inserted knife or toothpick comes out mostly clean. Let cool. Once cool, invert the cake onto a plate or rack.
- Put the powdered sugar into a small bowl, and slowly add very small amounts of water, until a syrupy consistency is achieved. Drizzle over the cooled cake.
Notes
If using a 9" square pan, reduce bake time to about 35 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 303kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 318mgPotassium: 451mgFiber: 1gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 257IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 3mg
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