Gingerbread Cake With Butter Icing

Moist gingerbread cake, iced with cream cheese or butter icing. What a flavor combination!

Recipe for Gingerbread Cake

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. allspice

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

Mix together in bowl. Set aside.

In another bowl:

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup molasses

2 eggs

(1/2 cup of boiling water)

Method for Making Gingerbread Cake:

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and then add the boiling water. Bake in a greased cake pan at 325 for approximately 30-40 minutes or until done.

Gingerbread cake recipe can be doubled for a larger cake.

Serving Suggestions for Gingerbread Cake

• Serve gingerbread cake with whipped cream
• Ice cake with cream cheese or butter icing

• Serve warm from the oven with a dollop of vanilla ice cream
• Serve gingerbread cake with custard

This is a good, spicy cake that conjurs memories of childhood.

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• Soft butter, start with 1/2 cup

• Beat with beaters, then add a splash of milk or cream (1-3 tbsp.)
  

• Add in icing sugar and keep beating until smooth
  

• Taste. Adjust amounts of sugar depending on whether you like buttery or sweet tasting icing
• Add vanilla, if desired
• For a softer icing add more liquid, for a stiffer icing use less
  

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