Best Gingerbread Cake With Caramelized Pineapple And Rum Cream Recipes

GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly butter a 9 by 13 by 2-inch cake pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment or wax paper. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, molasses, and crystallized ginger. Add the eggs and whisk until smooth.
• In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves. Whisk the molasses mixture into the flour mixture until evenly combined.
• In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda. Whisk the hot water into the batter until just combined. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake in the center of the oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

GRANNY'S GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in molasses and egg until well blended. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with water., Transfer to a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 325° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack., For caramel sauce, in a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until smooth. Serve with warm cake. Top with whipped cream if desired.

GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED PINEAPPLE AND RUM CREAM

Steps:

• Prepare gingerbread cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 10-cup fluted baking pan (such as a bundt); dust with flour.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and pepper; set aside.
• In large bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla 3 minutes or until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to medium. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In 4-cup glass measuring cup or bowl, stir molasses with 1 cup very hot water. Reduce mixer speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with molasses mixture, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire tack 20 minutes. Loosen cake from pan. Invert cake onto rack; cool completely.
• Prepare caramelized pineapple: Cut crown and stem ends from pineapple; cut off rind. Slice pineapple lengthwise into quarters. Remove core from each quarter. Cut each quarter crosswise into 1-inch slices.
• In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat brown sugar with butter over medium heat until melted, stirring to combine. Add pineapple to skillet; arrange in single layer. Cook pineapple 15 minutes, turning pieces over once.
• Prepare rum cream: In medium bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat cream until soft peaks form. Add confectioners' sugar and rum and beat just until stiff peaks form.
• Sprinkle cake with confectioners' sugar. Serve cake with Caramelized Pineapple and Rum Cream.
• Nutritional Information given is for one serving cake without garnish.
• One serving cake with pineapple and cream: About 540 calories, 5 g protein, 80 g carbohydrate, 23 g total fat (14 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 101 mg cholesterol, 380 mg sodium

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• For topping:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt 1/4 cup butter in 10-inch-diameter cast-iron skillet or other heavy ovenproof skillet (preferably nonstick) over medium heat. Add 2/3 cup brown sugar and stir until mixture begins to form thick mass, about 4 minutes. Continue cooking, without stirring, until butter mixture spreads and covers bottom of skillet and bubbles appear all over surface, about 6 minutes longer. Remove skillet from heat. Arrange pineapple chunks close together in concentric circles atop sugar mixture in skillet.
• For cake:
• Sift first 8 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat molasses, golden brown sugar, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add half of dry ingredients, then whole milk, then remaining half of dry ingredients, beating until well blended after each addition. Beat in crystallized ginger. Spread batter evenly over pineapple in skillet.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cake in skillet 5 minutes. Run small knife around sides of skillet to loosen cake. Place platter over cake in skillet; invert cake onto platter. Cool cake at least 1 hour. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
• Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
• When the cake has cooled, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and pour it onto the gingerbread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to set. Cut the gingerbread into 9 squares.

GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED PINEAPPLE AND RUM CREAM

Steps:

• Prepare Gingerbread Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 10-cup fluted baking pan (such as a bundt); dust with flour.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and pepper; set aside.
• In large bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla 3 minutes or until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Reduce speed to medium.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In 4-cup glass measuring cup or bowl, stir molasses with 1 cup very hot water.
• Reduce mixer speed to low; add flour mixture alternately with molasses mixture, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on wire tack 20 minutes.
• Loosen cake from pan.
• Invert cake onto rack; cool completely.
• Prepare Caramelized Pineapple: Cut crown and stem ends from pineapple; cut off rind.
• Slice pineapple lengthwise into quarters.
• Remove core from each quarter.
• Cut each quarter crosswise into 1-inch slices.
• In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat brown sugar with butter over medium heat until melted, stirring to combine.
• Add pineapple to skillet; arrange in single layer.
• Cook pineapple 15 minutes, turning pieces over once.
• Prepare Rum Cream: In medium bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat cream until soft peaks form.
• Add confectioners' sugar and rum and beat just until stiff peaks form.
• Sprinkle cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Serve cake with Caramelized Pineapple and Rum Cream.

GINGER-RUM BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the lower third. Brush a 12-cup Bundt pan thoroughly with melted butter, coat with flour, and tap out the excess. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan and set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until evenly combined; set aside. Whisk together milk, ginger, and vanilla in a second small bowl until evenly combined.
• Combine butter and sugar in a the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on medium speed until mixture resembles wet sand and is light, about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time until incorporated and mixture is smooth. Scrape down mixer and sides of bowl. Reduce mixer to low, add 1/3 flour mixture and whisk until just moistened through. Whisk in 1/2 milk mixture and whisk until just moistened. Repeat until all ingredients are added, ending with flour. Transfer batter to prepared Bundt pan and smooth out so batter is even.
• Bake until cake is set, golden brown, and a cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Transfer to a rack, let cool 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack, remove from pan, and let cool completely.
• Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook until slightly syrupy, about 5 minutes. Strain and set aside to cool slightly.
• When cake is at room temperature, use a skewer to poke holes all over the top. Drizzle the syrup into the holes in the cake, small spoonful by spoonful, making sure it goes into the cake and doesn't flow down. Let sit at least 4 hours so the syrup can soak into the cake.

GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan.
• Combine the flour, soda, 1 tsp cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves and salt in a bowl and mix well.
• Combine the pear puree and buttermilk in a bowl and mix well.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until creamy, scraping the bowl occasionally.
• Add the molasses and beat until blended.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; the batter will appear curdled.
• Add the flour alternately with the pear mixture, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides of the bowl frequently to make sure all the ingredients are incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or untila wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean and the cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Beat the whipping cream, sugar, vanilla and 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a mixing bowl until soft peaks form.
• Slice the cake and arranges on individual dessert plates, topped with the whipped cream and caramelized pears.
• For the pears: Heat the butter in a large heavy skillet until sizzling.
• Add the pears and toss to coat.
• Sprinkle with the sugar and stir.
• Cook for 10 minutes until the pears are caramelized and tender, stirring gently.
• Remove and let stand until room temperature.

GINGERBREAD/GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour an 8" square pan (or use Pam).
• The ingredients listed under "cream together" should be added one ingredient at a time, creaming in between each addition.
• When you have finished adding/creaming all the liquid ingredients, keep beating the liquid mixture, folding in the dry mixture, alternating with the 2/3 cup sour milk.
• Once everything is mixed in, pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350°. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the middle.
• When it comes out clean, it's done.

CARAMEL-APPLE GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix gingerbread mix, applesauce, water, butter and egg with spoon until well blended. Stir in dates. Spoon into ungreased 8- or 9-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool slightly.
• Top each warm square of gingerbread with caramel topping and whipped cream.

PINEAPPLE-GINGER CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan, a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan or a 9-inch square metal pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and butter the paper.
• Prepare the pineapple: In a skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add pineapple, brown sugar, allspice and salt, and sauté until pineapple chunks are glossy and lightly browned in spots, 7 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Make the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, almonds, candied ginger, ground ginger, cinnamon and salt. Stir in melted butter, pinching the mixture with your fingers, until 1/2-inch crumbs form. Set aside.
• Make the cake: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a handheld electric mixer and a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated, then beat in rum and lime zest. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
• On low speed, beat in half of the flour mixture until smooth, then beat in the sour cream, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in remaining flour just until incorporated.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan. Scatter cooled pineapple evenly across the surface of the cake. Top with ginger crumb mixture.
• Bake until the center of the cake springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving.

CARAMEL PINEAPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine egg substitute and pineapple; mix well. Add the next seven ingredients and mix well. Spread into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until golden brown. For sauce, combine caramel topping and pineapple juice in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat just until bubbly Cool slightly. Serve warm over cake.