Gingerbread Sheet Cake with Spiced Molasses Buttercream
This Gingerbread Sheet Cake with Spiced Molasses Frosting is perfectly spiced, moist, sweet, and just melt-in-your-mouth-delicious! It's the perfect easy cake to bake for a busy holiday season...or just when you want a really simple Christmas cake!
Servings: 9
Calories: 561kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ⅔ teaspoon baking powder
- 5 ¾ teaspoons gingerbread spice
- 9 ½ Tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup molasses
- ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
Frosting
- ¾ cup salted butter room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 Tablespoon molasses
- ½ teaspoon gingerbread spice
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray an 8-inch square pan with baking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and gingerbread spice. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in molasses.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until cake tests done.
Frosting
- Beat butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Mix in gingerbread spice and molasses.
- Spread frosting on top of cooled cake.
Notes
- Don't forget to pre-heat the oven!
- Check the expiration dates on all your ingredients.
- Make sure the butter, eggs, and buttermilk are room temperature before mixing the cake.
- Add the dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately. This yields in a much better cake.
- Don't over-mix the cake batter.
- If the cake sinks in the middle, this can be caused by a number of things. The best way to avoid it is by placing a heating-rod in the middle of the pan before adding the batter.
- If your frosting is a little too thick, add a splash of whole milk or heavy cream to loosen it.
- Baking times may vary based on your oven. Use a cake tester or toothpick to see if the cake is done.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 561kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 420mg | Potassium: 398mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 933IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 143mg | Iron: 3mg