Chocolate-Covered Gingerbread Cake Recipe

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Chocolate-Covered Gingerbread Cake
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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
376
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For cake:
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 9-inch square metal baking pan. Line bottom with parchment paper. Butter parchment. Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl to blend.
  3. Mix warm water and baking soda in small bowl until baking soda dissolves. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, molasses, eggs, and fresh ginger in large bowl until well blended. Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with water mixture in 2 additions, beating until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  4. Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool on rack 20 minutes. Run knife around edge of cake to loosen. Invert cake onto rack; cool. Peel off parchment.
  5. For glaze:
  6. Bring first 3 ingredients to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and vanilla; stir until smooth. Let stand until cool but still pourable, about 20 minutes.
  7. Place cake on rack set atop baking sheet. Reserve 1/2 cup glaze. Pour remaining glaze over cake, spreading with spatula to coat top and sides. Chill cake and reserved glaze until reserved glaze is just firm enough to pipe, about 1 hour.
  8. Transfer reserved glaze to pastry bag fitted with 1/4-inch plain tip. Pipe 5 diagonal lines atop cake, spacing evenly. Cluster crystallized ginger atop lines. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 375.51 Kcal (1572 kJ)
Calories from fat 160.45 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.83g 27%
Cholesterol 61.98mg 21%
Sodium 128.65mg 5%
Potassium 308.68mg 7%
Total Carbs 53.89g 18%
Sugars 33.57g 134%
Dietary Fiber 1.82g 7%
Protein 3.91g 8%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 73mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 324.3 Kcal (1358 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.4g 27%
Cholesterol 53.53mg 21%
Sodium 111.11mg 5%
Potassium 266.59mg 7%
Total Carbs 46.54g 18%
Sugars 29g 134%
Dietary Fiber 1.57g 7%
Protein 3.37g 8%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1.4mg 9%
Calcium 63.1mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.6
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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