Gingerbread Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

We’re internet hosting a few of our buddies for dinner tonight.  Along with the purple candy potato SD milk rolls I’ve fermenting, I made this gingerbread layer cake with cream cheese frosting.  This recipe is care of Bake From Scratch.  The cake recipe that follows is for one 8” spherical cake, so I doubled it for this layer cake.  The frosting recipe could be greater than sufficient for a 3 layer cake, so I halved it for this two layer cake.  I really like a skim coat frosting for the perimeters of the cake as a result of I sometimes discover that a lot frosting much less cloying than a totally frosted layer cake.

GINGERBREAD CAKE

Makes 1 (8-inch) cake

This comfortable and moist stir-together cake blends heat spices with wealthy molasses, including fragrant depth of taste. It comes collectively rapidly and simply, needing solely a dusting of confectioners sugar, to be a becoming end to any vacation gathering.

Substances

2 ½ cups (313 grams) all-purpose flour

2¼ teaspoons (4.5 grams) floor ginger

1¼ teaspoons (3.75 grams) kosher salt

1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda

1 teaspoon (2 grams) floor cinnamon

¼ teaspoon floor nutmeg

¼ teaspoon floor cloves

¾ cup (165 grams) firmly packed darkish brown sugar*

¾ cup (255 grams) unsulphured molasses

½ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted

2 massive eggs (100 grams)

2 teaspoons (8 grams) vanilla extract

¾ cup (180 grams) scorching water (128°F/53°C to 130°F/55°C)

Garnish: confectioners’ sugar

1.   Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray an 8-inch sq. baking pan with baking spray with flour. Line pan with parchment paper, letting extra prolong over sides of pan.
2.   In a medium bowl, whisk collectively flour, ginger, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
3.   In a big bowl, whisk collectively brown sugar, molasses, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk in flour combination simply till a couple of dry streaks stay. Whisk in ¾ cup (180 grams) scorching water till mixed. Pour batter into ready pan.
4.   Bake till a picket decide inserted in heart comes out clear, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes.

Take away from pan, and let cool utterly on a wire rack. Simply earlier than serving, garnish with confectioners’ sugar, if desired or frost with cream cheese frosting.  Recipe follows beneath.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Makes about 6 cups

Half recipe would make sufficient for a two layer cake.

2 (8-ounce) packages (454 grams) cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, softened teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt

8 cups (960 grams) confectioners’ sugar

2½ teaspoons (10 grams) vanilla extract

Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, butter, and salt at excessive velocity till clean and creamy, stopping to scrape backside and sides of bowl. With mixer on low velocity, step by step add confectioners’ sugar, beating till mixed and stopping to scrape backside and sides of bowl. Beat in vanilla. Improve mixer velocity to excessive, and beat till gentle and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Use instantly.

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