Holiday Gingerbread Pudding Cake!

Ocean~Ivy's Note:

This is one of the best recipes I have!! I can't wait to make it for Christmas! It is such a cozy, special cake!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 pudding ...

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ¼ teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ cup butter , softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup water
• ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups hot water
• 1⁄3; cup butter , melted

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, allspice and nutmeg in medium bowl.
3. Set mixture aside.
4. Beat 1/2 cup butter and sugar on medium speed in large mixing bowl until creamy (1-2 minutes).
5. Add egg; continue beating until well mixed.
6. Reduce the speed to low, continue beating, alternately adding flour mixture with molasses and 1 cup water.
7. Beating after each addition only until blended.
8. Pour the batter into 13x9-inch baking pan; sprinkle with 3/4 cup brown sugar.
9. Combine 1 1/2 cups hot water and 1/3 cup melted butter in medium bowl.
10. Carefully, pour over top of batter.
11. Bake 40-55 minutes or until gingerbread is cracked on top and toothpick in center comes out clean.
12. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.

Reviews

[Dimpi]

Awesome cake! I made 1/4 of the recipe in a 6" round pan, and it turned out very good. The one change I made was to use earl grey tea infused with orange zest, instead of water in the cake batter. I think it adds to the complexity of flavors already present in the cake from the spices and molasses. I would strongly suggest serving this slightly warm with either spiced whipped cream or ice cream - it takes this cake to another level. Thanks Ocean~Ivy, for posting this wonderful recipe.

[Chef #1355742]

I can only guess that in New Zealand Molasses is very different to where this recipe originated from. This was the most horrible disgusting cake I have ever tried to make. The oven and house just stunk of molasses, and, needless to say, that is all I could taste when I risked testing a crumb of this. Did not even bother giving it to my husband for his fishing burley, it went straight into the bin - what a waste of time and ingredients! But, as the other reviews are so good, there must be something wrong with what I have done. I might possibly try again with Golen Syrup or treacle instead of molasses - unless some-one else has a better idea?