Moist Gingerbread Spice Snack Cake Food

GINGERBREAD CAKE (SPICY)

Steps:

• Butter a 10-inch (10- to 12-cup) bundt pan well and dust with flour, shaking out excess.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously butter bundt pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• Bring stout and molasses to a boil in a large saucepan and remove from heat.
• Whisk in baking soda, then cool to room temperature.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and spices in a large bowl.
• Whisk together eggs and both sugars.
• Whisk in oil, then molasses mixture.
• Add to flour mixture and whisk until just combined.
• Pour batter into bundt pan and bang pan sharply on counter to eliminate air bubbles.
• Bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out with just a few moist crumbs adhering, about 50 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes.
• Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
• You can serve the gingerbread immediately, dusting lightly with confectioners sugar, and/or adding whipped cream.
• You can also hold the gingerbread for a day before serving, as the flavors develop with some time.

MOIST, TENDER SPICE CAKE: GINGERBREAD VARIATION

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs, molasses and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
• Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.

SUPER MOIST GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter and golden syrup, set aside.
• Into a large bowl, sift flours, bi-carb of soda, ginger, cinnamon,mixed spice and sugar. Stir to combine.
• Add eggs and milk. Beat well.
• Add melted butter and syrup and mix well to combine.
• Grease and line 2 loaf tins (approx 23cm x 12 cms). Divide mix evenly between the 2 tins.
• Bake in a moderate oven (180 deg C / 350 deg F) for about 50 mins or until top is golden brown and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in the tins for 10 mins before removing.

MOIST, TENDER SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl. Mix milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
• Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces. Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth. Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth. Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack. Let cool.

MOIST, TENDER SPICE CAKE: GINGERBREAD VARIATION

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and lightly flour a metal or disposable foil 9-by-13-inch pan.
• Whisk dry ingredients and spices in a large bowl.
• Mix milk, eggs, molasses and vanilla extract in a 2-cup measuring cup.
• Beat softened butter into dry ingredients, first on low, then medium, until mixture forms pebble-sized pieces.
• Add about 1/3 of the milk mixture and beat on low until smooth.
• Add remaining milk mixture in two stages; beat on medium speed until batter is just smooth.
• Add the sugar; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the cake's center comes out clean, about 30-40 minutes.
• Set pan on a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes.
• Run a knife around the pan perimeter and turn cake onto rack.
• Let cool.

SPICY, AMAZING GINGERBREAD CAKE.

Steps:

• Sift first 6 ingredients together in a bowl, set aside.
• Heat all butter, molasses and golden syrup in a small saucepan, simmer until butter is melted, stirring continuously.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Pour the melted ingredients in a thin stream over flour mixture stirring constantly.
• When smooth, add the eggs 1 by 1 stirring after each addition.
• Put into 7 x 12 cake pan and bake for 35-40 mnutes until tester comes out clean (like a knife).

MOIST GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, spices and salt; stir in dates and ginger.
• Melt molasses and butter Beat egg with sugar.
• Add the two mixtures (above) alternately to dry ingredients, beating all the time.
• Dissolve baking soda in milk; stirr into mixture.
• Pour in 8" square pan lined with non-stick baking paper. Level top and bake at 350 F 45-50 minutes. Let cool on wire rack before removing from pan.
• Remove baking paper and wrap in foil. Store in air-tight container up to 8 weeks.