Gingerbread Forest Cake
This whimsical Gingerbread Forest Cake can serve double duty as a centerpiece on your holiday table and your delicious holiday dessert! It's impressive yet super easy to make.
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 321kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter, cut into ½" pieces
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste found in the fresh herb section of the produce department
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- confectioners sugar for garnish
- Assorted trees and plastic deer for decorating optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, pour the boiling water over the cut-up butter. Whisk in the light brown sugar, molasses, ginger paste, and vanilla extract.
- Add the eggs to the wet ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk well to combine.
- Pour the gingerbread batter evenly into a prepared bundt pan sprayed with baking spray.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove to a wire rack. Cool 15 minutes and carefully turn the cake out of the pan to cool completely.
- Place the cake on a serving plate and dust the top with confectioner's sugar.
- Decorate the gingerbread mountain with assorted trees and deer.
- *Note - The decorations are NOT edible! Please remove the trees and animals before slicing and eating!
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 530mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 46g