gingerbread cake
A recipe from my great uncle Jack :) This recipe makes 2- 9inch pans or 1- 13X9 (you can easily cut it in half should you wish to make a single 9X9 cake)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
55 Min
method
Bake
yield
2- 9x9 pans or 1- 13x9 pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 2 - eggs
- 1 3/4 cups dark molasses
- 4 1/8 cups flours
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
How To Make gingerbread cake
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch square pan or one 13X9 pan
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Step 2In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs one at time, and mix in the molasses.
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Step 3In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. (it will be quite liquid, but keep on stirring, it will be fine after a few minutes ;) Pour into the prepared pan(s).
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Step 4Bake 55 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving. Top with a dollop of cream cheese icing or serve plain :)
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