Gingerbread cake is a moist spiced cake. This particular recipe is soft, tender and full of spice aroma of christmas. This healthy gingerbread can be baked for christmas.
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Gingerbread Cake | Gingerbread Cake Recipe
I have been eyeing on this cake for quite sometime ever since i came across in nigella christmas cookbook. I wanted to try it so badly finally i made in couple days back. don’t know about you, but I have an addiction towards spiced cakes. Spices works beautiful in baked goodies specially in cakes. And this is the answer for that.
About Gingerbread Cake Recipe
Ginger bread is simply ‘Preserved Ginger’ referred to a confection made with honey and spices. There are Mixed stories of where it is originated and have different name in German, French and Latin languages. In United states they make lot of ginger bread cake during christmas and it is seasonal food in United states and European
countries.
Making ginger bread Houses is a famous Christmas tradition in many countries.
The cake is just perfect, you can never get better recipe than this. The cake is so moist, light and mildly spiced and delicious. It is a healthy version. It tasted wonderful warm, enjoy it with some whipped cream or just a dusting of some icing sugar. So good for this time of the year.
Ingredients for GINGERBREAD CAKE RECIPE
All Purpose Flour / Maida: gives chunky and crispy cake than plain flour.
Baking Soda / Cooking Soda : baking soda should be fresh if it is old it won’t make good cake .
Ginger Powder : The most important ingredient in your gingerbread cake is ginger powder. Ginger powder is strength than fresh ginger it gives ginger state in each and every bite
Brown Sugar – reason for moistness of the cake is using dark brown sugar
Gingerbread cake is served with Vanilla or whipping cream topping.
How to Make Gingerbread Cake Recipe
Wet Ingredients
In a sauce pan, take ½ cup of water and bring it to a boil. Take it off the heat and add in honey and mix well. Now add in baking soda and mix well. Now add in ¼ cup of water and mix well. Set aside so it gets cold.
Dry Ingredients
Now In another bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and mix well. Set aside.
Gingerbread Batter
In another bowl, take oil, jaggery or brown sugar and mix well. Add in egg and whisk well. Combine everything to a batter.
Baking Gingerbread
The batter will be very runny. Pour this batter in the cake pan and bake this for 40 to 45 mins till a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Now remove it from oven and cool it down completely. Slice into squares and enjoy.
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Gingerbread Cake | Gingerbread Cake Recipe
Gingerbread cake is a moist spiced cake. This particular recipe is soft, tender and full of spice aroma of christmas. This healthy gingerbread can be baked for christmas.
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Facts
Gingerbread Cake | Gingerbread Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 servings)
Calories 215
Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.04g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 16mg5%
Sodium 157mg7%
Potassium 42mg1%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 0.5g2%
Sugar 21g23%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 23IU0%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 44mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Tips & Tricks
- The Batter for gingerbread has to be runny. Runny batter will make the cake so moist and soft.
- The spices which i used is purely optional. you can add more or less as per your preference.
- Oil can be used for melted butter.
- Never over mix your batter, else cake may turn dense.
- Brown sugar can be substituted for jaggery.
- Honey can be substituted for treacle, golden syrup.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between gingerbread and ginger cake?
The difference between old fashioned gingerbread recipe and ginger cake is the ingredients. Gingerbread Cake is flavored with warm spices such as ginger, cinnamon and cloves as well as molasses. Ginger Cake main ingredient is the ginger spice. The ginger cake usually doesn’t have molasses in it.
What is gingerbread cake made of?
Gingerbread cake is made with basic ingredients like flour, brown sugar, honey, spices and oil.
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