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Comforting Espresso Gingerbread Cake Recipe

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A moist espresso gingerbread cake recipe with a hint of coffee flavour. Beautifully spiced. Made with yogurt and oil. Festive and comforting.

Ingredients

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  • 3 ¼ cups flour
  • 5 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup yogurt (Greek yogurt is great) or sour cream
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup hot, strong coffee or espresso
  • 1 cup canola or grapeseed oil

Instructions

  1. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt or tube pan (or line a 9″ x 13″ pan with parchment paper)
  2. In a medium bowl stir together  the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a large bowl whisk molasses, sugar, yogurt, eggs and vanilla.
  4. Whisk in the hot coffee and the oil.
  5. Add dry ingredients to wet and whisk until well combined.
  6. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350F for 45 minutes or until a tester comes out clean and the cake starts to pull away from the edges of the pan.
  7. Cool in pan 20 minutes then invert onto a plate (carefully).
  8. Dust with icing sugar and serve with cinnamon scented whipped cream.

Notes

Adapted from Bon Appetit magazine

Find it online: https://www.crosbys.com/espresso-gingerbread-cake-recipe/