Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, gingerbread cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Gingerbread Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Gingerbread Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread cake using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Cake:
- Make ready Cake:
- Make ready Unsalted Butter, For Greasing
- Take Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Take Baking Soda,
- Get Ground Ginger,
- Get Cinnamon Powder,
- Prepare All Spice Powder,
- Take Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
- Make ready Lemon Glaze:
- Get Ground Cloves,
- Take Fresh Lemon Zest, 1 Lemon
- Prepare Chinese 5 Spice, 1/4 TSP
- Make ready Icing Sugar,
- Take Egg Light Beaten,
- Get Muscovado Sugar,
- Make ready Blackstrap Molasses,
- Prepare Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,
- Take Icing Sugar,
- Get Fresh Lemon Juice,
- Prepare Espresso Tuile (Optional):
- Take Espresso Warm,
- Take Warm Water,
- Make ready Unsalted Butter Melted,
- Prepare Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Make ready To Serve (Optional):
- Prepare High Quality Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, For Serving
Instructions to make Gingerbread Cake:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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