Moist Gingerbread Cake Recipe
This is the best moist gingerbread cake! You’ll love how easy this old fashioned gingerbread recipe is to make. It’s the perfect dessert idea for the holidays but also great for any cooler day. Simple to make but so good your whole family will love it!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup raisins optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the flour, salt, ginger, and cinnamon. Mix together and set aside.
- In a large bowl using a hand or stand mixer beat the egg well, then add in the sugar and combine.
- Add the butter and cream with the sugar mixture. Then add the molasses and mix until well combined, about 1 minute.
- With the mixer on low slowly add the dry ingredients to the egg and sugar mixture while mixing. Once fully combined pour in 1 cup of hot water and mix well being carful not to splash yourself.
- If you are adding raisins now’s the time to fold them in.
- Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 inch pan and bake for 45 minutes or until done.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 247mg | Potassium: 414mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 193IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg
These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.