Gingerbread Cake With Chocolate Ganache

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 180C/350º F.
• Grease and flour 9-inch/20cm square pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
• Add egg. Add the water to the molasses, stir to combine, then stir molasses water into the butter mixture.
• Stir dry ingredients together, add to liquid mixture, and combine until smooth. Pour into prepared pan, bake 45 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• To decorate-.
• Once cool, split the cake in half horizontally.
• Sit the two halves, cut side up, on the counter, and spread one half with jam and the other half with chocolate ganache.
• Sandwich the two halves back together.
• Ice the entire cake with chocolate ganache, decorate and serve!