Gingerbread Loaf Cake Recipe

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Gingerbread Loaf Cake Recipe – moist and perfectly spiced Christmas cake for gingerbread lovers. This coffee shop style cake is absolutely delicious!

Bring the coffee shop style loaf cake into your kitchen with this easy recipe for Gingerbread Loaf made from scratch. Perfect to enjoy on a snowy day alongside a big mug of coffee or tea or gift-wrap and give to friends and family this holiday season.

I am obsessed with all the ginger molasses baked treats right now! I made my Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies twice already and have a batch in the freezer for Christmas. Now this loaf! It’s so good with a cup of latte in the afternoon! Every Gingerbread Cake has to have these two main ingredients: ginger and molasses.

HOW TO MAKE GINGERBREAD LOAF CAKE?

• Start by preheating the oven. Grease and flour a 9″ x 5″ loaf pan or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients: flour, soda, salt and spices.
• In another mixing bowl, combine butter, molasses and water. Whisk until butter is melted. Cool until not hot to the touch. Add egg and whisk until well combined.
• Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until the batter is smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake until the toothpick inserted in few places in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar and slice.

HOW TO CHECK IF THE CAKE IS DONE?

Once the baking time is up, check the cake with a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done. No toothpick on hand? Use my trick and grab a dry spaghetti noodle. Works like a charm!

GINGERBREAD CAKE VARIATIONS:

• topping: You can frost the cake with a cream cheese frosting ( get my favorite recipe for it, here ) or dust it with powdered sugar.
• shape: This recipe is very easy to make and can be baked in a loaf pan, muffin pan or a 9″ square or round pan. I like the loaf shape and that’s what I use.
• add-ons: add chocolate chips, dried cranberries or even nuts to dry ingredients before mixing with wet ingredients.

Scroll below for the printable recipe.

MORE GINGER MOLASSES RECIPES:

Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies

Gingerbread Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

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GINGERBREAD LOAF CAKE RECIPE:

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Gingerbread Loaf Cake Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Moist and perfectly spiced Christmas cake for gingerbread lovers. This coffee shop style cake is absolutely delicious!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gingerbread cake, loaf cake

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 286 kcal

Author: Anna

Ingredients

• 1.5 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup molasses ( I used Grandma's molasses )
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1 large egg
• powdered sugar for dusting

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 9" x 5" loaf pan or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients: flour, soda, salt and spices.
4. In another mixing bowl, combine butter, molasses and water. Whisk until butter is melted. Cool until not hot to the touch. Add egg and whisk until well combined.
5. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until the batter is smooth.
6. Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes OR until the toothpick inserted in few places in the center of the cake comes out clean.
7. Cool completely.

8. Dust with powdered sugar and slice.

Recipe Notes

Keep wrapped in plastic wrap or in an air-tight container for up to 5 days.

This cake can be baked in a loaf pan, muffin pan or a 9" square or round pan. I like the loaf shape and that's what I use. You can frost the cake with a cream cheese frosting ( get my favorite recipe for it, here ) or dust it with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts

Gingerbread Loaf Cake Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 286 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Fat 12g18%

Saturated Fat 7g44%

Cholesterol 71mg24%

Sodium 605mg26%

Potassium 850mg24%

Carbohydrates 43g14%

Sugar 42g47%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 415IU8%

Calcium 130mg13%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.