Decorated Gingerbread Cake

Add the boiling water and baking soda to a bowl then stir together and set aside.

Decorated gingerbread cake. How to decorate gingerbread cake. This classic recipe is rich in flavor with a combination of ginger cinnamon and other spices to make the perfect holiday dessert. Butter three eight inch pans and cup parchment rounds for them.

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once cool decorate using white brown and purple icing. Put the flour bicarbonate of soda ground ginger nutmeg and cloves into a large mixing bowl.

If you kept the decorated cake in the pan simply cover with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for 4 5 days. Celebrate the holiday season by decorating a batch of gingerbread man. I will admit that i did buy the little gingerbread men that i decorated the cake with from tesco as i want to show that it works and i honestly did not have time to make.

Find easy gingerbread man recipes and ideas at wilton. Pour in the maple syrup and whisk to combine. How to make gingerbread cake.

I posted my gingerbread cake back in march 2015 for the uk mother s day but its a loaf cake and i wanted to post a delicious layer cake version for this christmas season. How to store gingerbread cake. Due to the high volume of holiday orders you may experience shipping delays up to 10 days.

Add the light brown sugar mix well and set aside for about 15 minutes. I prefer to finish my cake with homemade cream cheese frosting the rich and tangy cream cheese helps to cut the strong molasses flavor. If i don t feel like making frosting i will whisk up some homemade whipped cream if i am feeling extra lazy a simple dusting of powdered sugar is a beautiful and ridiculously easy presentation.