Gingerbread Layer Cake with Spiced Buttercream Frosting
The ultimate Christmas bake! This Gingerbread Cake with Spiced Buttercream is sweet, perfectly spiced, and just SO. GOOD.
Ingredients
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
Frosting
- 6 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅜ teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups salted butter, room temperature
- ⅜ cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
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.
Notes
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.
- 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!
Nutrition
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.