Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 57 grams 1/4 cup fat-free cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg; 158 milliliters fat-free milk; 191 grams 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (about; 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 79 milliliters Lemon Curd; 59 milliliters molasses; 414 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 262 calories. This recipe serves 12. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up molasses, butter, 3-less-fat cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cake, place 1/3 cup granulated sugar and butter in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed for 2 minutes or until well combined.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add molasses and egg; beat well.

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Molasses

Egg

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through cloves) in a medium bowl.

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Clove

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Add flour mixture and milk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spoon batter into an 8-inch square pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare frosting, place cheeses, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar; beat at low speed just until blended (do not overbeat).

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Powdered Sugar