Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
A deliciously moist gingerbread cake is super festive and frosted with the best cream cheese frosting! The perfect holiday cake recipe and one that is also delicious anytime of year as well.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Gingerbread, Gingerbread Cake, Gingerbread Snack Cake
Servings: 9 Servings
Calories: 630kcal
Author: Great Grub, Delicious Treats
For The Cream Cheese Frosting
For The Gingerbread Cake
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and salt together. Set aside.
Using a small saucepan, heat molasses and corn syrup together just until lukewarm.
In another small saucepan, heat milk and brown sugar just until sugar has melted and mixture is lukewarm.
While the milk mixture and the molasses mixture are cooling, cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter or a fork, and mix until mixture are fine crumbles.
Add milk mixture into flour mixture and stir until combined. Then add molasses mixture. Stir.
Add egg and whisk until incorporated.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let cake cool completely in pan then remove from pan.
For The Cream Cheese Frosting
In a medium bowl, beat butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until smooth.
Frost cake once cake has cooled completely.
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 630kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 103mg | Sodium: 490mg | Potassium: 409mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 69g | Vitamin A: 1042IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 2mg