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Gingerbread Cake Recipe

easy gingerbread cake

If you love gingerbread, then you’ll love this gingerbread cake recipe! It’s quick, easy and tasty with a rich gingerbread flavour making it perfect for fall.

It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada and we are headed to my Mom’s house for dinner tonight.  I’m bringing this cake for dessert.  Warm, served with french vanilla ice cream, it’s just amazing!  Seriously my mouth is watering already and we still need to get through the turkey.

easy gingerbread cake recipe

We absolutely love gingerbread around here as seen in these delicious Wookie Cookies and this epic Gingerbread Log Cabin.  Gingerbread is a staple in all of my holiday baking!

How to make this gingerbread cake recipe:

 
gingerbread cake recipe
My mother-in-law sent me the recipe on facebook and I just had to try it.  The boys have been asking me to make another cake ever since they first tried it.  This is a fairly healthy recipe in that it calls for applesauce and splenda (a sugar substitute).

gingerbread cake recipe

 
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Ingredients needed to make this cake:

2 cups unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup molasses
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs (or 3/4 cup of egg whites)
3 cups flour
1 1/3 cups Splenda (or granulated sweetener of choice)
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves

gingerbread cake recipe

Directions for baking gingerbread cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°.  Spray a bundt pan with Pam no stick spray. 
Tip: I really like using a bundt pan as it gives the cake a fun shape and allows for easy cutting.  If you don’t have a bundt pan you can use a 9×11 cake pan.  I think that this recipe would make nice gingerbread loaves too. 
 
 2. In a large bowl combine applesauce, molasses, eggs and oil.  Mix well.
 
 3. To the bowl add the remaining ingredients.  Combine well.
 
 4. Pour the batter into the greased bundt pan.
 
 5. Bake for 50-55 minutes.
 
gingerbread cake recipe
 

Drizzle with icing sugar or serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
gingerbread cake recipe

More tips for Holiday Baking:

  • Double or triple recipes to make large batches of goodies.  This allows cookies and bars to be made in an assembly line fashion and speeds up the process.
  • Pick holiday recipes that compliment each other and look good plated together.  For example every year I like to make Candy Cane Brownies, Eggnog Cookies, Cranberry and Pistachio Shortbread and Peppermint Dipped Chocolate Cookies for a good variety.
  • Participate in a Holiday Baking Exchange!  This is a great way to prepare for a season of holiday entertaining.
  • Start baking early and store goodies in the freezer until they are needed.  I use these large Rubbermaid food storage containers  to save a mixture of cookies and bars in my freezer so that I have them ready to go for Christmas parties and gatherings all season long.

gingerbread cake recipe gingerbread cake recipe

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gingerbread cake recipe

Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

You’ll love this gingerbread cake recipe! It's quick, easy and tasty with a rich gingerbread flavour making it perfect for fall.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
  • 3/4 cup molasses
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs (or 3/4 cup of egg whites)
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/3 cups Splenda (or granulated sweetener of choice)
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves

Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°.  Spray a bundt pan with non stick spray. 
    2. In a large bowl combine applesauce, molasses, eggs and oil.  Mix well.
    3. To the bowl add the remaining ingredients.  Combine well.
    4. Pour the batter into the greased bundt pan.
    5. Bake for 50-55 minutes.

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© Heather Painchaud
Category: Cakes & Cupcakes

Filed Under: Cakes & Cupcakes, Recipes

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Comments

  1. Meghan

    October 7, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    I’ll be making this! Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  2. TeenaBugg38

    October 7, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    I can smell this n ow….Mmmmmmmmm!~! Will try for sure!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

    Reply
  3. Alicia

    October 7, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    this sounds sooooo good!! thanks for making me hungry! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm

    October 8, 2012 at 12:39 am

    Oh we have gingerbread every Christmas Eve! I’m going to try your recipe this year. Thanks for sharing it, it looks wonderful!

    Reply

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