Gingerbread Layer Cake with Spiced Buttercream Frosting
Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Cook Time: 23 minutes mins
Total Time: 38 minutes mins
The ultimate Christmas bake! This Gingerbread Cake with Spiced Buttercream is sweet, perfectly spiced, and just SO. GOOD.
Cake
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 ½ Tablespoons ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray 3 8-inch cake pans with baking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Add molasses.
Stir in 1/3 of flour mixture.
Add 1/2 cup of milk. Stir.
Stir in 1/3 of flour mixture.
Add remaining milk. Stir.
Stir in remaining flour mixture.
Divide evenly into prepared pans.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until cake tests done.
Let cool.
Frosting
Whisk together powdered sugar, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
Beat butter with an electric mixer.
Add powdered sugar mixture, a little at a time.
Beat in heavy cream.
Stir in vanilla.
Substitutions:
- If you aren't a fan of spiced buttercream, you can make this cake with a whipped dark chocolate ganache frosting.
- If you don't have individual spices, you can use about 2-4 Tablespoons of Gingerbread Spice.
Expert Tips:
- This recipe makes an eight inch cake.
- Baking may vary based on your oven! Use a cake tester/tooth pick to check if your cake layers are done.
- If you use a scale, it'll be easier to get each layer exactly the same!
Serving: 1SliceCalories: 1099kcalCarbohydrates: 125gProtein: 6gFat: 66gSaturated Fat: 41gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 216mgSodium: 828mgPotassium: 533mgFiber: 1gSugar: 98gVitamin A: 2097IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 183mgIron: 3mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.