Easy Homemade Gingerbread Sheet Cake Recipe
Have you ever had a gingerbread sheet cake? My Aunt has made a chocolate sheet cake as well as vanilla. So when I found this recipe, I knew it had to be good. I always think of Gingerbread houses and the aroma that flows throughout the house when it is made.
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 1 ¾ cups light brown sugar
- ¼ cup Molasses
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 packages 8oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon plus extra to sprinkle on top
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350° and spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray.
- Using a large bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, kosher salt, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, and light brown sugar.
- Using a large saucepan, combine the butter, water and molasses over medium heat until the butter is melted.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the saucepan.
- Remove from the stove and allow to cool for a few minutes
- Whisk in the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla until combined
- Pour the batter into the baking dish and place onto a cookie sheet
- Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, heavy whipping cream and 1 tbsp ground cinnamon until combined and smooth
- Spread evenly over the top of the cake and sprinkle some more cinnamon on top
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 334kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 89mgPotassium: 134mgFiber: 1gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 381IUCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg
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