For the gingerbread enthusiast! A moist, intensely spiced gingerbread cake, finished with a whiskey glaze. Make this cake the day before serving.
Ingredients:
cake:
2 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Ground Ginger
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ground Allspice
1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Hot Water
1 1/2 tsp Instant Coffee Granules
1/3 cup Grapeseed Oil (or other light tasting oil)
1 cup Fancy Molasses
1/4 cup loosely packed Light Brown Sugar
6 tbsp Unsweetened Applesauce
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup chopped Crystallized Ginger
glaze:
1 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Fancy Molasase
4 tsp Whiskey
4 – 6 tsp Hot Water
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