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Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Glaze




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List of Ingredients




Makes 12 to 16 servings

Melted butter and flour for pan (or baking spray)
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups dark molasses
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup minced crystallized ginger
1 cup boiling water

LEMON GLAZE:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 tsp. lemon zest (colored part of rind)


Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously brush inside of a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan with melted butter and sprinkle with flour, or spray with baking spray.

Beat butter with electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Gradually beat in molasses in slow, steady stream.

Sift together flour, ginger, baking soda, cloves and salt; stir in crystallized ginger. Gradually beat dry ingredients into batter just until blended; don't overbeat. Turn off mixer.

Add boiling water, 1/3 cup at a time, stirring gently but thoroughly by hand with large rubber spatula. Spoon batter into prepared pan.

Bake until cake pulls away from the sides of the pan, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack until warm, 20 to 30 minutes. (Cake may sink a little in oven or while cooling; that's OK.) Run knife around top of cake to loosen, then invert onto a platter.

LEMON GLAZE:
Make glaze by stirring together sugar and lemon juice until smooth; add zest. Drizzle over cooled cake. Let glaze set before cutting.