Christmas Gingerbread Cake

Christmas Gingerbread Cake

So this is Christmas in a nutshell. Well, its not really, its just a delicious cake but it is Gingerbread themed soooo its Christmassy! But anyway. I posted my Gingerbread Cake back in March 2015 for the UK Mother’s Day, but its a loaf cake, and I wanted to post a delicious layer cake version for this Christmas season!

I will admit that I did buy the little Gingerbread Men that I decorated the cake with from Tesco as I want to show that it works, and I honestly did not have time to make any myself. HOWEVER, you can use this delicious Gingerbread Men recipe buy use a really small cookie cutter and you’ll be there!

Prep Time: 20 Mins

Cook Time: 50 Mins

Total Time: 1 Hr 10 Mins

A Two-Layer Gingerbread Cake with Ginger Buttercream Frosting.. the perfect Christmas cake for the Festive Season!

Course: Cakes

Keyword: Gingerbread

Servings: 16 Slices

Calories: 540 kcal

Author: Jane's Patisserie

Ingredients

The Cake

• 250 g Unsalted Butter/Stork

• 250 g Light Brown Sugar

• 250 g Golden Syrup

• 250 g Black Treacle

• 500 g Self Raising Flour

• 4 tsp Ground Ginger

• 3 medium Eggs

• 350 ml Whole Milk

The Frosting

• 250 g Unsalted Butter

• 500 g Icing Sugar

• 1 tsp Ground Ginger

• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

The Decoration

• Mini Gingerbread Men

• Sprinkles

• Gingerbread Crumbs

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 160C/150C Fan and grease and line two 8″ Round Baking Tins (deep ones!)

2. Add the Butter, Light Brown Sugar, Golden Syrup, and Black Treacle to a large pan and heat gently and stir frequently until the mixture has melted and is smooth. Leave to cool slightly!

3. Sift the Self-Raising Flour into a LARGE bowl, and add the Ground Ginger. Whisk briefly so the ginger is distributed! Pour in the melted Sugar/Butter/Syrup mixture and beat together till smooth.

4. Add in the Eggs, and Milk and beat again till smooth. It’ll be reasonably runny, and will nearly fill a large bowl, so be careful!

5. Split the mixture between the two tins, and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until baked through.

6. A cake skewer should come out clean, and when you listen to the cake it will not be making a ‘bubbling/crackling’ sound. Sometimes, a cake skewer can come out clean, but if the cake is still make the noise, its not quite done!

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