Gingerbread cake recipe

Gingerbread is a sweet food that is flavored with ginger and typically using molasses rather than just sugar.Addition of cinnamon,cloves,ginger gives a very good spice flavour to the cake.It comes out very soft and spicy.One of the traditional Christmas cake recipe I adapated from allrecipes.com,only a change I substitute Molasses with maple syrup.When I first saw the ingredients,really felt how was the taste will be but,absolutely delicious with nice spice flavors which suits in this cold winter,I can say a perfect Christmas treat for whole family.I'm posting this recipe in BM#47 under the theme kids delight (holiday special recipes) here goes my recipe.

Christmas tree at home

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 cup Molasses( I substitute 1 cup maple syrup)
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves.
• 1/2 tspn  of salt.
• 1 cup of hot water

PROCEDURE:

• Preheat oven to 350F.Grease baking tray with butter or oil
• In a large bowl cream together butter sugar.Beat in the egg for 2 to 3 mins then add maple syrup.
• In a bowl,sift together the flour,baking soda,salt,cinnamon,ginger and cloves.Slowly add this mixture to the cream,stir it in the hot water
• Now pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake around 50 mins or until a knife inserted comes out clean.After 1 hr when it cools down completely, cut into small cubes and enjoy the yummy cake with  whipped cream on top or just like that.
  

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