Gingerbread Cake
Created by Brownie on October 10, 2013
- Servings: 16
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #10706
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 2 eggs, large
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce (sweetened or unsweetened)
- 1 cup molasses (mild)
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/4 cups water (or 7-Up or Sprite)
- Confectioners sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350F.
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Step 2: Butter a 13x9 inch baking pan.
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Step 3: In a bowl combine the flour with next 6 dry ingredients; set aside.
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Step 4: In a large bowl beat butter on high speed for 30 seconds. Add eggs, beat 2-3 minutes. Add sugar and applesauce, beat 2 minutes more. Beat in molasses until combined.
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Step 5: Alternately mix in the flour mixture and the water, beating on low speed until just mixed.
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Step 6: Spread the batter into pan.
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Step 7: Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean.
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Step 8: Cool 30 minutes then dust with confectioners sugar
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (91.9 g)
- Calories 241.8
- Total Fat - 6.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.9 g
- Cholesterol - 35.7 mg
- Sodium - 179.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 28.3 g
- Protein - 2.7 g
- Calcium - 85.5 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg