Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, homemade gingerbread cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Homemade Gingerbread Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Homemade Gingerbread Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook homemade gingerbread cake using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Gingerbread Cake:
- Prepare 1/2 cup White Sugar
- Take 1/2 cup Stick Butter (softened)
- Take 1 Egg
- Take 1 cup Molasses
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- Take 2 tsp Baking Soda
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- Get 2 tsp Ground Ginger
- Get 1 tsp Ground Cloves
- Take 3/4 tsp Nutmeg
- Prepare 1 pinch Salt
- Make ready 1 cup Hot Boiling Water
Sift the flour and spices into a large bowl, then mix the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and set it on one side. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. This Gingerbread recipe is a long, slow bake so a moist batter is a must. Milk helps with this and you can use dairy milk or whatever plant milk substitute you prefer (I use soya).
Steps to make Homemade Gingerbread Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream together sugar & butter.
- Beat in egg.
- Mix in Molasses.
- In a medium bowl sift together the flour, spices, salt, and baking soda. Twice.
- Blend the Flour mix into the Molasses mix, alternating hot water and flour mix till everything comes together.
- Mix together thoroughly for 3 minutes. <— Ensures the cake won't fall flat or cave in the middle during baking.
- Pour into 9 inch greased pan.
- Bake for 1hour. Cool. Cut. & Serve with sifted powdered sugar. Add whipped cream. Eat. Enjoy. Nap.(;
This Gingerbread recipe is a long, slow bake so a moist batter is a must. Milk helps with this and you can use dairy milk or whatever plant milk substitute you prefer (I use soya). Self-raising Flour As with most cake, self-raising flour is required. But if you only have plain to hand, fear not! You can use a plain flour with the addition of some extra-extra baking powder.
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