Chocolate + Spice + Molasses = Classic!
I’m onto one of Martha’s no-fail recipes today. A cake so easy to put together, it should be in everyone’s holiday handbook.
The base of the cake does not require any change. The butter and molasses mixture comes together easily. Just make sure you don’t leave it unattended. I did skip the freshly grated ginger and changed the bourbon glaze to a cream cheese bourbon drizzle and this really upped the oomph in this cake. You could also enjoy a warm slice right out oven with a spoon of clotted cream and that morning cuppa. You could do this right now! Go on, preheat that oven and get the batter of this delicious cake ready in under 10 minutes.
Here is it – A rich, moist and dense chocolate cake with a kick of spice and the ultimate cream cheese bourbon drizzle.
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
- ½ cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
- ½ cup dark molasses
- ¾ cup packed light-brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- 11/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- ¼ cup bourbon
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and generously grease a 9-inch Bundt pan.
- Dust with cocoa powder, and tap out excess; set aside.
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and cinnamon into a medium bowl; set aside.
- In a saucepan, over medium heat melt butter, molasses, brown sugar, and ¼ cup water. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter has melted. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Let cool 5 minutes.
- Add eggs and milk to the molasses mixture; whisk to combine.
- Gently fold the flour mixture into the molasses mixture until just combined. (There should be lumps remaining.) Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake cake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cake cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- Invert cake, and unmold onto a cake stand or a large serving platter.
- Beat the cream cheese and sugar until well combined. Add the bourbon by a tablespoon at a time until you reach the desired consistency.
- Spoon the mixture in a piping bag and drizzle the cream cheese bourbon glaze over the cake in a back-and-forth motion. Serve immediately.
Welcome to day #4 of Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen of Juanita’s Cocina.
Today’s theme for Christmas Week is “Gingerbread Surprise”. Make sure you visit all the participating bloggers today to see what special dish they whipped up for you.
Ginger Horse Cookies from Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic Mini Gingerbread Donuts from Jen of Juanita’s Cocina Gingerbread Biscotti from Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake Chocolate Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Bourbon Cream Cheese Drizzle from Anuradha of Baker Street Gingerbread Donuts with Lemon Glaze from Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker Mini Holiday Gingerbread Loaves from Isabelle of Crumb Gingerbread Biscoff Truffles from Erin of Dinners, Dishes and Desserts Gingerbread Dip from Erin of The Spiffy Cookie Gingerbread Milkshake from Ramona of Curry and Comfort Gingerbread Pumpkin Bars from Heather of Girlichef Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls from Cathy of The Dutch Baker’s Daughter Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Lemon Cream Cheese Filling from Chung-Ah of Damn DeliciousI’m also sharing this post for Brenda’s 12 Weeks Of Christmas Treats. Hop over to see other delicious christmas treats.
Happy Baking!
I can’t imagine how magical it is to live in your home! Gorgeous!
Happy day #4!
This is just too pretty! The drizzle looks extremely cool.
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I’d skip the fresh ginger too.. used some in a gingerbread recipe i made last week.. got a bit too much for me!! the bourbon cream cheese drizzle..sounds beyond delish!!
Okay. That’s just a thing of beauty. Gingerbread + Bourbon = SO happening. And I love the plate that the cake is on, as well. Gorgeous!
Looks delicious and sounds like the perfect combination for the holidays. I’ll be trying it soon. Yum!
I love that it has chocolate, I think it goes so well with ginger. It´s a gorgeous cake, and with bourbon drizzle no less!
Another fantastic Bundt cake! I love the chocolate gingerbread combo…so darn yummy!!!!
So cute clicks.. Cake looks very yummy
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You really do bake the most wonderful bundts and take the most beautiful photos of them!
I just love your bundt cakes and muffins creations! Thanks for sharing them :)
Will definitely give the Chocolate GIngerbread Cake a try – sounds divine. What ingredients we don’t have in RSA I substitute with ours and still get the same result. Thank you for the great recipes. Melinda- RSA Durban
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Oh wow, this looks absolutely wonderful! And I swear, you have the most perfect drizzling skills of any blogger I know =) Looks so good!
What an amazing looking drizzle!
What a beautiful cake! And a perfect one to bring to a holiday party. I can only imagine how much flavor is packed into each slice. I love gingerbread and chocolate combined!
Another gorgous cake!!!
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I am going to crown you the queen of the most beautiful bundts in all the land!! This looks awesome. Happy Day #4!
juat beautiful!!
That cake and platter look incredible together. Nice job applying the “drizzle.” :)
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Gorgeous photos, and this cake looks damn delish indeed! I looooove the idea of adding bourbon to your cream cheese icing… how magical!
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Oh yum!! Can’t go wrong with chocolate & gingerbread!! Looks delicious :)
Your cake is really stunning. I like that you used cream cheese in the drizzle. The splashes of icing look lovely all over the cake.
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What a gorgeous yummy bundt cake!!
You are like the bundt cake queen!
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The drizzle is perfect!
Love the combination of chocolate and gingerbread. I bet it’s positively divine! (And don’t even get me started on that bourbon cream cheese drizzle… that sounds like something I’d happily eat by the spoonful. Yum.)
You make the prettiest cakes! I absolutely love that drizzle!
OMG, this looks wonderful!!
This cake looks gorgeous – especially with that beautiful bourbon cream cheese drizzle. I’m always blown away by your stunning photography and to-die-for baked goods. This is perfect for the holidays – I love chocolate and ginger together.
I love gingerbread cakes and your bundt looks great Anu. Love the drizzle :)
THis is one of my favourite, chocolate and creamcheese sound so good! Add bourbon and you have a festive cake indeed!
This is so pretty, just love that you have chocolate and gingerbread in it. Great combo.
I only eat gingerbread in December. But I eat a lot of it in one month. This looks delicious and your plate is beautiful.
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Looks too good to eat….but will try. Looks and sounds wonderful. I will make tomorrow, thanks, your recipes are the best.
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