Whole Wheat Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- For the cake
- Whole wheat flour - 2 and 1/2 cups
- Baking powder - 2 tsp
- Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 1/4 tsp
- Ground ginger - 2 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp
- Ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp
- All spice powder - 1/4 tsp
- Honey - 1/2 cup
- Strong black coffee - 1/2 cup
- Unsalted butter - 280 g Room temperature
- Brown sugar - 1 cup Packed
- Eggs - 4 Room temperature
- For the frosting
- Cream cheese - 180 g Room temperature
- Unsalted butter - 130 g Room temperature
- Powdered sugar - 1 and 1/2 cup
- Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Instructions
- For the cake
- Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Line two 8 inch pan with parchment paper and brush with oil on the sides.
- Dust with flour.
- Keep aside.
- Mix whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon,nutmeg and all spice in a bowl.
- Sieve twice to incorporate some air in the flour.
- Keep aside.
- Mix honey and coffee in a bowl and keep aside.
- Add butter and brown sugar in a bowl.
- Beat with a hand mixer or a stand mixer till light and fluffy. ( Approximately 4-5 minutes on high speed )
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition.
- Add half of the flour mixture to the bowl and mix on low speed till just mixed.
- Add the honey and coffee mixture and mix.
- Add the remaining flour mixture and mix on low speed till mixed or you can use a spatula to mix.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan equally.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, till a tooth pick comes out clean.
- Remove the cakes from the oven.
- Let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the pan and cool on a cooling rack.
- For the frosting
- Whisk butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer or stand mixer till light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla extract and powdered sugar and mix well.
- Whip till creamy.
- Assembling the cake
- Keep one cake on the plate.
- Top with 2 tbsp of frosting.
- Spread the frosting evenly.
- Cover the cake with the second cake.
- Spread the frosting evenly to cover the cakes.
- Decorate as you like or with gingerbread cookies as I did. ( recipe to make gingerbread cookies coming up soon )