Christmas Recipes
Gingerbread Cake
Try your hand at this timeless classic, and you'll see why gingerbread has endured as a favorite recipe for centuries.
Prep: 15 min | Bake: 40 min | Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ground Ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 cup boiling water
- Whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Stir flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and cinnamon in medium bowl.
- Beat butter, sugar and molasses in large bowl.
- Mix in egg.
- Add flour mixture alternately with water, stirring just until blended.
- Pour into greased a 9 inch square baking pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Invert cake onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve with whipped cream, if desired.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
McCormick