Easy to make and packed with festive flavours, this Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is the perfect Christmas baking recipe!
This gingerbread cake is one of my favourites and I just know you’ll love it too. The cake is soft and moist but the star of the show is definitely the cream cheese icing. Using simple ingredients (most of which you probably have at home), this cake is an easy and delicious festive recipe that everyone is sure to love!
Ingredients needed
- apple sauce
- eggs
- olive oil
- maple syrup or liquid sweetener of choice
- almond milk or milk of choice
- vanilla extract
- plain flour
- baking powder
- cinnamon
- ground ginger
Icing
- cream cheese
- unsalted butter
- icing sugar
How to make Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
- Preheat oven to 180°c and line an 8×8 baking pan.
- To a bowl add the apple sauce, eggs, oil, sweetener, vanilla, milk and mix.
- Add in the flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and mix until combined. Transfer mixture into the lined baking pan.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked. Once cooked let cool completely.
- While the cake is baking add the cream cheese, butter and icing sugar to a food processor and blend until smooth. Leave in the fridge until the cake is ready.
- Once the cake has cooled, spread the icing and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and ginger. Slice into 9 pieces and enjoy!
- Store in the fridge – it lasts about 4 days
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Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Easy to make and packed with festive flavours, this Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is the perfect Christmas baking recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple sauce or mashed banana
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or liquid sweetener of choice
- 1/3 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ground ginger
Icing
- 125g cream cheese at room temp
- 60g butter at room temp
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°c and line an 8×8 baking pan.
- To a bowl add the apple sauce, eggs, oil, sweetener, vanilla, milk and mix.
- Add in the flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and mix until combined. Transfer mixture into the lined baking pan.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked. Once cooked let cool completely.
- While the cake is baking add the cream cheese, butter and icing sugar to a food processor and blend until smooth. Leave in the fridge until the cake is ready.
- Once the cake has cooled, spread the icing and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and ginger. Slice into 9 pieces and enjoy!
- Store in the fridge – it lasts about 4 days
