Easy Gingerbread Cake Recipe
I’m a huge gingerbread fan and when there’s chocolate and toffee involved as well, I am all about it. If you’ve never tried the gingerbread-chocolate combination, it’s fabulous and you should give it a whirl. Chocolate complements the gingerbread flavors nicely yet doesn’t mask them. The cake is an easy, no mixer recipe that’s nicely spiced and flavored with ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and molasses to give it classic gingerbread flavor — and of course chocolate.
What’s in Chocolate Gingerbread Cake?
To make this easy gingerbread dessert, you’ll need:
Eggs Sour cream Oil Vanilla extract Ground ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg Salt Semi-sweet chocolate chips All-purpose flour Hot water Molasses Baking soda
And to make the frosting for the gingerbread cake, you’ll need:
Whipped topping Ground ginger Toffee bits Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
To make the cake, I began by lining my 9×13-inch pan with Reynolds Wrap Non-Stick Aluminum Foil, which is a product that I use almost every single day. For every single batch of brownies, pan of bars, tray of roasted vegetables, foil pack grill recipe, or single-layer cake that I make, I use this foil. It’s super strong, doesn’t rip or tear easily, and the non-stick aspect is a life-saver. Reynolds Wrap offers Non-Stick Aluminum Foil as a convenient, no-mess cooking and storage solution. To differentiate between the two sides of the foil, there’s an imprint that reads “NON-STICK Side” on the matte, or flat-finish, side. They created Reynolds Wrap Non-Stick Aluminum Foil using a specific food-safe coating that makes it easy to line, cover, and wrap your dishes without the added hassle of cleanup. With all the holiday entertaining and baking I do, the easier that cleanup is, the happier I am. Just tossing away a sheet of foil is music to my ears.
In the final steps of making the cake batter, you mix together a cup of hot water, molasses, and baking soda. I know it may seem strange and wrong to basically pour hot water into the batter, but it reminds me of this Slow Cooker Hot Fudge Cake and it totally works. The batter will look thin and on the runny side but don’t worry because the cake bakes up just fine. To really hammer the ginger flavor home in this gingerbread cake, the whipped cream, or in my case whipped topping, is spiced with ginger. I used a teaspoon of ground ginger and it’s nicely spiced but reduce if you’re sensitive to ginger. The crunchy toffee bits and mini chocolate chips are a perfect texture contrast to the smooth, gingery whipped topping and the soft cake.
How to Store This Cake
Gingerbread cake will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Tips for Making the Best Gingerbread Cake
When measuring out the molasses, I recommend spraying your measuring cup with a little cooking spray first. This way, the molasses doesn’t stick to it and slides out easily. I think the cake is perfectly spiced as is, but you’re welcome to adjust the ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice to suit your tastes. I used whipped topping rather than whipped cream because it’s it stands up much better in the fridge over a period of days and of course it’s easier. However, if you can’t find whipped topping where you live you’re welcome to use homemade whipped cream instead.
More Gingerbread Desserts:
Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Molasses Chocolate Chip Bars – Rich, chocolaty, and like eating a piece of molasses fudge! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!
Gingerbread Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting — Gingerbread bars are so much faster and easier than making gingerbread cookies! The sprinkles and tangy cream cheese frosting will put everyone in a festive mood!
Iced Gingerbread Bars – Soft, chewy bars that are full of rich gingery molasses flavor! Way faster and easier than rolling out gingerbread cookies! No mixer, no fuss, and the sweet icing seals the deal!
Soft and Chewy Molasses Gingerdoodles – 3 favorites combined! Soft molasses cookies, chewy gingerbread and crinkly snickerdoodles! So good!!
Gingerbread Two Ways: Truffles and Popcorn – Two EASY NO-BAKE gingerbread-inspired recipes that are perfect for the holidays!! They make great gifts, and who can say no to silky smooth gingerbread truffles or salty-and-sweet popcorn!!
Soft and Fluffy Gingerbread Pancakes with Ginger Molasses Maple Syrup – Pancakes that taste like gingerbread cookies!
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