The Easiest Gingerbread Cupcakes Recipe
Sweet and spiceful, these Gingerbreak Cupcakes, packed with freshly grated ginger and Guinness are sure to be a treat.
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Gingerbread Cake with Lemon and Cream Cheese Frosting | Easy Cake Mix Recipe
Gingerbread cake with lemon is an easy and delicious Christmas cake. By starting with a box of white cake mix and adding extra spices, a hint of lemon, and cream cheese frosting, you can create the perfect cake version of gingerbread men cookies.
In order to develop this cake recipe, I first had to research what exactly gingerbread is. Gingerbread men cookies have a similar flavor due to the combination of molasses and spices. Although recipes vary, almost all gingerbread recipes include ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Some include cloves, allspice, or cardamom as well, so if you want to learn how to make gingerbread cake, it can be a bit confusing as to which recipe you should use. Honestly, I think that a lot of it is going to come down to personal preference, but after researching many recipes, I think that my recipe for gingerbread cake with lemon is going to appeal to most people.
As with most of my layer cakes, I started with a box of white cake mix. Even though most gingerbread recipes call for vanilla extract, I decided to add some lemon flavor by adding a small box of lemon Jell-O and lemon zest. I had the idea of adding lemon to my gingerbread cake because while researching the recipe, I discovered that there are quite a few recipes for gingerbread with lemon sauce on the Internet. Additionally, in Argentina a lot of people like to add ginger to lemonade, so considering the number of people who combine ginger and lemon, I knew that the flavors would be good together.
The most difficult part of this cake was determining which spices to use, as well as how much. Like I said, almost every gingerbread recipe uses different spices in different amounts, so I chose the three most common spices: ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Determining the amount of molasses to use was tricky as well, so that is why I added the molasses little by little, tasting the batter along the way: just like with other strong ingredients like lemon juice, it is always easier to add more later than to try to take away. I also added eggs, sour cream, vinegar, and melted butter to the batter, so I knew the cake was going to be not only flavorful but also moist and fluffy.
Even though I think that gingerbread cake with lemon cream cheese frosting would be delicious, I decided to just use my regular no butter cream cheese frosting. After frosting the cake, I chilled it for a few hours, and then tried the first slice.
This gingerbread cake with lemon and cream cheese frosting was delicious. Even though I wasn't exactly sure how to make this cake with cake mix, I think I did a good job of adding the right spices, in the right amounts, to recreate the flavor of classic gingerbread men cookies. Although lemon is not a traditional flavor in gingerbread cookies, I think it was nice in the background; however, there was just a hint of lemon, the spices and molasses overpowering the lemon. I knew this cake was going to be delicious because of the spices, but I did not expect to really enjoy the combination of the cake and frosting. Honestly, the combination of spiced cake and refreshing frosting was surprisingly wonderful.
Even if you do not like gingerbread, I think that you should give this recipe a try. This cake is delicious, especially with the contrast between the cake layers and cream cheese frosting. If you want the same flavor of the classic Christmas cookie without having to roll out and cut out a ton of cookies, then this cake is for you. Let me know if you give it a try!????????????????????
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