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Gingerbread Cake with Butter Rum Toffee Sauce

This is a deep, sultry Gingerbread Cake made perfect with a creamy Butter Rum Toffee sauce. Add whipped cream and life couldn't be better. Beautiful for the holidays.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 9
Calories 516kcal
Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

For the Gingerbread Cake:

  • ½ cup soft Shortening (E.g. Crisco shortening or equivalent)
  • 2 tablespoons granulated Sugar
  • 1 Egg , room temperature
  • 1 cup Molasses
  • 1 cup boiling Water
  • 2 ¼ cups all purpose Flour (gluten free or regular)
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon

For the Butter Rum Toffee Sauce:

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted Butter
  • ¼ cup granulated Sugar
  • ¼ cup Light Brown Sugar
  • ¼ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • ¼ cup Rum
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Cornstarch

Instructions

Instructions for Gingerbread Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a 9 x 9 pan with parchment paper. Spray with cooking spray.
  • In the bowl of a free standing mixer* mix together shortening, sugar and egg until combined.
  • In a separate bowl, combine boiling water and molasses; stirring to dissolve molasses. Pour into shortening mixture and mix to combine.
  • In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Stir together. Slowly add to the batter, beating slowly to fully combine.
  • Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes until the sides of the cake are pulling away from the pan and the top of the cake is firm to the touch. Remove from heat and allow to cool on a cooling rack.

Instructions for Butter Rum Toffee Sauce:

  • Combine butter and sugars in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; allow butter to melt and sugar to dissolve. Stir constantly until butter begins to turn light brown (around 5 minutes).
  • Whisk in the cream, rum, vanilla and cornstarch. Whisk constantly allowing sauce to thicken (about 15 minutes). Note: sauce will continue to thicken when removed from heat so it may not seem as thick as it will be in the end.
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool and thicken. Can be stored in the refrigerator in a sealed container for 2 weeks and rewarmed when using.

Notes

*can be made using a hand held mixer

Nutrition

Serving: 9g | Calories: 516kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 278mg | Potassium: 601mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 440IU | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 3.4mg