Gingerbread Cake
Gingerbread Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, gingerbread cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Gingerbread Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Gingerbread Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread cake using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Cake:
  1. Make ready Cake:
  2. Take Unsalted Butter, For Greasing
  3. Make ready Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  4. Make ready Baking Soda,
  5. Make ready Ground Ginger,
  6. Make ready Cinnamon Powder,
  7. Take All Spice Powder,
  8. Make ready Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
  9. Prepare Lemon Glaze:
  10. Make ready Ground Cloves,
  11. Prepare Fresh Lemon Zest, 1 Lemon
  12. Get Chinese 5 Spice, 1/4 TSP
  13. Take Icing Sugar,
  14. Take Egg Light Beaten,
  15. Prepare Muscovado Sugar,
  16. Get Blackstrap Molasses,
  17. Take Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,
  18. Take Icing Sugar,
  19. Get Fresh Lemon Juice,
  20. Take Espresso Tuile (Optional):
  21. Make ready Espresso Warm,
  22. Take Warm Water,
  23. Make ready Unsalted Butter Melted,
  24. Prepare Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  25. Prepare To Serve (Optional):
  26. Take High Quality Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, For Serving
Steps to make Gingerbread Cake:
  1. Prepare the cake. - - Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius or 350 fahrenheit. - - Grease cake pan with butter. - - Lightly dust some flour onto the cake pan. - - Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg, cloves and Chinese 5 spice. - - Stir to combine well. - - Add in egg and sugar. - - Stir to combine well and until the egg has fully incorporated.
  3. Add in molasses and oil. - - Fold to combine well. - - Transfer into the cake pan. - - Give it a few taps on the counter to knock out some air bubbles.
  4. Wack into the oven and bake for about 35 mins or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake. - - Remove from oven and set aside. - - While the cake is baking, prepare the lemon glaze.
  5. In a sauce pot over medium low heat, add sugar, lemon juice and zest. - - Stir to combine well and until the sugar has fully dissolved. - - As soon as bubbles start to form along the edge, remove from heat. - - Once cake is out of the oven, pour the lemon glaze onto the cake.
  6. Using an offset spatula to spread the glaze out evenly. - - Set aside for the cake to cool down completely before unmolding and slicing. - - The following steps are optional. Prepare tuile.
  7. In a bowl, add sugar, espresso, water and butter. - - The butter has to be just melted thru and is still hot. It is best to add a little extra butter for melting to ensure you have the exact or more than the amount required. As some weight loss will occur due to evaporation.
  8. Stir to combine well and until the sugar has fully dissolved. - - Sieve in flour in batches and mix to combine well. - - Make sure no lumps.
  9. Cover with cling film and set aside in the fridge for about 30 to 45 mins or until the mixture is slightly hardened. - - In a skillet over medium heat, add 1 TBSP of the mixture. - - Using the back of a spoon, light press and swirl the mixture into a circle.
  10. You should see that it starts to bubble away and the edges start to brown. - - Continue cooking until the liquid has almost evaporate. - - Remove the skillet from heat and rub against a damp kitchen towel. - - Carefully, using an offset spatula to remove the tuile.
  11. Immediately place the tuile onto a rolling pin to form a cup shape. - - Repeat the process for the remaining tuile. - - To serve. - - Scoop ice cream into a serving slice of the gingerbread cake. - - Place the tuile over the top. - - Serve immediately.

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