Gingercake Men -Tablescape Centerpiece

Name: Gingercake Men -Tablescape Centerpiece
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 59 milliliters cocoa powder; 355 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 3 eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 237 milliliters maple syrup; 2 liters marshmallow cream; 177 milliliters milk; 237 milliliters molasses; 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice

Gingercake Men -Tablescape Centerpiece might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 844 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. A mixture of baking soda, kosher salt, maple syrup, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: 8 (8-ounce) jam jars, with lids 8 pieces burlap cut into 4-inch circles Twine or natural-colored raffia

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Jam

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Kitchen Twine

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 12 by 17-inch sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray and line it with parchment paper.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Paper

Oven

Frying Pan

In a large bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.

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Pumpkin Pie Spice

Cocoa Powder

Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

In another bowl, with a hand mixer beat together the butter, and sugar until well combined and slightly fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the molasses, and eggs, 1 at a time until well incorporated.

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Molasses

Egg

Add the sifted dry ingredients into the butter and eggs in thirds, alternating with the milk.

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Butter

Egg

Milk

Mix, only until combined, but do not over beat.

Spread the mixture in an even layer into the prepared sheet pan and smooth the top with an off set spatula.

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Spread

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Spatula

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Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 15 to 20 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove the pan from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before inverting the pan onto a cooling rack to unmold. Peel off the parchment paper and cool completely. Turn the cake onto a cutting board, and using a gingerbread man cookie cutter, cut out shapes from the cake.

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Baking Paper

Cookie Cutter

Cutting Board

Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Display the gingercake men, standing up on a cake pedestal, with a jar of the maple cream in the center to be sure they remain standing.

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Cream

Maple Syrup

In a large bowl, with a hand mixer beat together the marshmallow cream, and maple syrup until well combined. Divide the mixture among the jars.

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Marshmallow Cream

Maple Syrup

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Lay a piece of burlap over the top of each jar and secure with piece of twine or raffia. If using for a place marker, write the guest's name on a tag and thread it through the twine before tying off.

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Kitchen Twine