Christmas is just a few days away and I have one more festive treat to share with you this holiday season. We’re gonna be making a giant gingerbread man out of cake! And to top it of I’ve teamed up with a bunch of other amazing YouTube bakers to bring you this super fun Christmas Cake Collaboration! There are lots of beautiful cakes to suit everyone’s taste so be sure to check out all of their videos! (Links below)

Flour, Eggs & Yeast Channel: https://youtu.be/B25o-rUjMDY
Lovesome Sweets: https://youtu.be/MDkuidPPk7o
Cakes with Lorelie: https://youtu.be/bz4EEylOV0w
Man cake: https://youtu.be/LROoG3Ltdkc


Gingerbread cake
9 tbsp butter softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup of molasses
1 large egg (room temp)
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking sofa
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup water
In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg until combined. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt. Add dry mixture to wet mixture alternating with water. Pour into greased 9” square baking pan. Bake at 325F for 35-40 mins. Remove from oven and allow to cook in pan for about 15 mins then flip out onto wire rack and cool to room temp.
(For this cake I double this recipe and cooked it in a 9”x 13” pan and adjusted my cooking time. You’ll know it’s cooked when you stick a toothpick into the middle of the cake and it comes out clean.)

Caramel icing
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
2 - 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
Mix together brown sugar, milk and butter in a sauce pan and warm over low heat until dissolved. Increase heat to medium, do not stir. Cook 3-6 mins until bubbles form in the centre or turns amber in colour. Remove from heat and cook to room temp. Using a mixer gradually add powdered sugar until fluffy and creamy. Best used fresh!

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