Chocolate Gingerbread Cake

A freshly baked loaf of chocolate gingerbread bread in a scalloped baking dish, dusted with flour.

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Chocolate gingerbread cake with cake mix or homemade is a yummy Christmas dessert idea everyone loves. Now you can make the flavors you love all year long.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownies, cake, chocolate, gingerbread

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 9x9 pan
2 bowls

Ingredients

1/3 c cocoa powder unsweetened
2.5 c all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 stick butter salted, 1/2 cup, softened
1/2 c brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 c molasses
1 c water very hot

Instructions

Homemade ingredients above, below uses cake mix - In a bowl with a hand or stand mixer mix wet ingredients together; butter, brown sugar, molasses and vanilla until creamed and smooth, then add the egg and mix. In separate bowl whisk together dry ingredients. Then slowly add 1/3 of the flour mixture into the wet with 1/3 of the boiling water, mixing all along.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line your 9x9" baking dish with parchment paper. Pour in pan and bake for 32-38 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out mostly clean with crumbs attached.
Remove, set on cooling rack and let cool before slicing.

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Notes

with Cake Mix

1. 1 box chocolate cake mix

1. Package instant chocolate pudding mix

1. 4 eggs

1. 1 tbsp ground ginger and cinnamon

1. 1/2 tsp allspice

1. 1/2 c sour cream

1. 1/2 c vegetable oil

1. 1/2 c hot water

1. 1/2 c molasses

1. 1 c mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients with mixer on low except chips. Fold in chips at the end. Spray bundt pan with non stick spray and bake for 50 minutes or until top springs back when touched or toothpick comes out with moist crumbs attache

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