For love of gingerbread
There is nothing like a hot, fragrant gingerbread fresh from the oven!
Over the last fifteen years, I've baked scores of gingerbread cakes for family and friends during the holidays. I started with a basic recipe and have refined it over the years. After experimenting with spices and other ingredients, I believe I now have the most fabulous recipe for ginger lovers and I'd like to share it with you.
To make this wonderful holiday gift, be sure to bake your cake in one of the beautiful Bundt pans I have listed at the bottom of this page. You will not only make a most delicious cake, but when wrapped as shown at the bottom of the page, will create an impressive gift.
Watch out, this cake recipe is addictive!
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Finished Gingerbread Cake
Get the Cathedral Bundt pan to make the beautiful cake shown above.
Cathedral Bundt Pan 9" diam. 10 cup capacity cast aluminum with commercial non stick coating.
Amazon Price: $34.75 (as of 07/10/2009)
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This beautiful Bundt pan will create a cake that will make a fabulous gift for the holidays. Just bake, cool, sprinkle powdered sugar over the top and wrap it in cello with a wired ribbon and you have a perfect gift!
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Teri's Gingerbread Cake
Get your plate and fork ready!
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsps. baking soda
3 tsps ground ginger
2 1/2 tsps ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
(2 sticks)
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup mild-flavored molasses (light)
2 large eggs
1 cup hot water
1 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger (use food processor if you have one)
~ Position rack in center of oven
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
~ Generously butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan (or use Pam or other baking spray with flour)
~ Sift flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt into medium bowl.
~ Combine melted butter and brown sugar in large bowl. Beat until well blended.
~ Gradually, beat in molasses.
~ Beat in eggs.
~ Add dry ingredients and beat until well blended.
~ Gradually beat in hot water.
~ Stir in chopped crystallized ginger.
~ Transfer batter to prepared bundt pan.
~ Bake until tester inserted near center of cake comes out clean. about 50-55 minutes.
Be careful not to overcook or cake will be dry.
(I bake mine for 50 minutes)
~ Cool cake in pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
~ Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
(can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in plastic; let stand at room temperature).
~ Sprinkle top with powdered sugar.
~ Cut cake into wedges.
~ Garnish with whipped cream and serve.
Cake can be frozen or you can wrap according to my gift wrap instructions below and ship it.
Our east-coast family says it tastes great after being in transit for up to a week.
Beautiful Holiday Wreath Cake Pan
Nordic Ware Holiday Wreath Pan
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Add This Beautiful Pointsettia Pan to your collection!
Make unique holiday cakes for gift giving.
NordicWare Poinsettia Bundt Pan
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My Gingerbread Santa Muse!
This beautiful Gingerbread Santa doll was a gift I received this Christmas.
He is so beautiful, I feel like baking gingerbread cakes all year long!
Lynn Haney Handmade Santa Dolls
Find your inspiration here!
Lynn Haney's "Christmas Pickle" Santa
For generations, German children have tried to be the first to find the pickle ornament in the branches of the Christmas tree, because traditionally it means receiving a special treat. This collectible Santa from American designer Lynn Haney celebrates the delightful custom, carrying a scroll with the Christmas pickle story and a pickle ornament in one hand, a Christmas tree and wreath in the other.
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Lynn Haney Santa Chef
His arms laden with sweets, cooking accessories, bead garland and beaded wreath, this Santa is keenly aware that treats make the holidays sweet. Made with the utmost craftsmanship and care, the collectible figurine is dressed in a hand-tailored chef's jacket, velvet pants, and leather boots, and has traded his signature cap for a holly-trimmed red toque.
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Santa Handmade with the finest materials and craftsmanship, each Lynn Haney Santa is an heirloom in the making. This wise Father Christmas is dressed in a shimmering crimson silk dupioni robe, detailed with dozens of pearlized buttons. Carrying a nutcracker in one hand and a snowglobe in the other, he is mounted on a wooden base. His handpainted face is cast in resin from an original sculpture by Haney, and his hair and flowing beard are made of wool. Each is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity. 21"H.
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Wrap It for a Beautiful Gift!
Wrap Your Cake and Give a Wonderful Holiday Gift
A delectable cake inside and out!
You will need the following:
One 12 inch cardboard cake circle
(you can find these at party stores or cake supply stores) Online I found them at: papermart
One roll cello wrap with Holiday patterns on it.
20" wide (length can vary from 12 feet to 100 feet)
Online you can find cello at: nashville wraps
One twist tie
Two 2.5 to 3 foot lengths of 2-3 inch wide wired ribbon (Costco has wired ribbon at great prices and one roll will decorate dozens of wrapped cakes)
If you are shipping the cake, you'll need a 12" x 12" x12" cardboard box.
Stars & Ribbons
Two More Wrapped Cakes
Gift Wrap Instructions
If you plan to ship your cake, wrap it tightly with plastic wrap to keep it fresh during shipping.
Roll out cello wrap to about 4 times the length of the cake circle. Cut cello.
Bring the edges of the cello up and hold them together in your left hand.
Push in the sides of the cello that are sticking out around the cake. Gather together neatly.
Make sure the cello wrap is gathered evenly and that the gathered part is centered over the hole in the middle of the cake.
Tie a twist tie tightly around the gathered cello as close to the cake as possible, without putting pressure on the cake.
Take one length of wired ribbon and wrap around the twist-tied area. Make a simple bow.
Take the other length of ribbon, and on the opposite side (180 degrees)from the bow you just made, make another simple bow.
Now trim the legs of the bows so that none of the ribbon legs are longer than the bottom of the wrapped cake.
Hold the jagged top edge of the cello and use a pair of scissors to cut an even line across the top.
Voila! A beautifully wrapped cake.
To ship, slide cake into 12" box (it should fit perfectly and the cake circle will hold it in place).
Pack paper or bubble wrap around the cake gently.
You can hold the cello top together while you fill the box.
There is plenty of room for a card and a few lightweight stocking stuffers if you like.
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If you are a ginger lover, this lens is for you!
Health Benefits of Ginger
Ginger originally came from Southeast Asia.Chinese medicine has used ginger for over 2,000 years to treat a number of health problems.
Some of the benefits of eating ginger are:
~ Helps to dispel motion sickness, nausea and dizzyness
~ Known to lower cholesterol
~ It stimulates digestion and improves muscle tone in the digestive tract
~ Help to relieve bloating and gas
~ Helps to relieve menstrual cramping
~ Excellent breath freshener
~ Enhances mood
~ Benefits upper respiratory system because of its warming properties (colds, flu)
Let Me Know Your Thoughts...
kiwisoutback wrote...
Sounds excellent, I'm lensrolling it to my gingerbread cupcakes lens.
Posted January 12, 2009
RufusQuail wrote...
I was not aware of the health benefits of ginger. High 5* Thanks.
Posted November 19, 2008
WhippetTalk wrote...
Yummy! I am definately going to try this. I love gingerbread. Just in time for the holidays too! 5*s and a blessing for a very "tasteful" lens.
Posted November 18, 2008
Intuitive wrote...
Kudos for an excellent lens. Your recipe sounds divine (love candied ginger) and the different cake pans and instructions for wrapping the cakes make it outstanding. 5* and a lensroll to my gingerbread recipes lens.
Posted November 07, 2008
jfield wrote...
Followed you here from twitter. Lovely lens. I love that you used crystallized ginger--not enough people use it, in my opinion!
Posted November 04, 2008
