Gingerbread Cake with Frosting
Gingerbread cake with frosting is a rich and deep-flavored cake that is super simple to make. Bring the holidays right to your table with this rich and decadent cake.
Servings: 20 pieces
Calories: 293kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 3/4 hot water
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2-1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 Tablespoon molasses
- 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 Tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Cake
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Add the sugar, molasses, hot water, egg, and butter to a bowl. Mix well.
- Next, add all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Add the ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix.
- Pour batter into an 8" x 8" greased and floured cake pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Frosting
- Cream the butter and cream cheese together in a medium-sized bowl.
- Add the powdered sugar and milk and mix until well blended.
- Next, add the molasses and mix until well blended.
- Spread on top of the cake.
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Notes
Add a small amount of milk to the frosting if it is too thick. You can also add more powdered sugar to the frosting if it is too runny.
Allow the cake to cool to room temperature before frosting.
If you want to make a gingerbread layer cake, you will need to double the cake recipe, as well as the cream cheese frosting recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 293kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 273mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g