How to Make a Stunning Spiced Gingerbread Layer Cake

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ความคิดเห็น • 62

  • @squid1524
    @squid1524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    If you're looking at this frosting and thinking "that sounds like too much work", I promise you this is literally the greatest frosting and it is well worth the effort. If you get it right you will not regret making it. You will want to sit with the bowl and eat it straight with a spoon. You will be distraut when it is gone. This frosting will both change and ruin your life. It is the only frosting you will want. Other frostings will not compare. This is the only frosting I will make and sometimes I make it even without making cake.

    • @squid1524
      @squid1524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Jeff, the God of Biscuits It's the greatest frosting I've ever made and it's so good it has ruined other frostings for me.

    • @julesgainey9677
      @julesgainey9677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don’t hold. Back man, *just say what you feel*

    • @beckifleck4277
      @beckifleck4277 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've made this frosting a few times and love it however one time I didn't have enough butter so I substituted cream cheese which added a bit of a Tang worked out okay but wasn't as delicious as the original stick with the tried and true wondering can you make it with chocolate somehow

    • @goblinb
      @goblinb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My mom has always made this frosting. It was called 'miracle frosting'. It is indeed delicious;the perfect texture, not too sweet or rich.

  • @BeetTheRush
    @BeetTheRush 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The dark side is so much more fun indeed! This looks absolutely delicious! 😊

  • @zappyliving5365
    @zappyliving5365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Made this cake! 🎂
    Insanely delicious😋
    The cake was moist and fluffy, with great balance of flavors- peppery, sweet, tangy, little bit of spice... yumminess.
    It takes great length to make this cake but worth it.
    It took me 18 minutes to bake the cake in the oven instead of 12 minutes.
    Goes well with black coffee ☕ or Cold Beer🍺.

  • @Antaios632
    @Antaios632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This sounds amazing! I think I'd miss some of the traditional gingerbread flavorings like clove, anise & cardamom, but one could always adjust the spices to one's liking or use a traditional Lebkuchengewürz.

  • @veecee3669
    @veecee3669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I see gingerbread, I click! While I am an anything dark chocolate fan, I've always loved gingerbread and molasses cookies. They're not as popular, but oh so good.

  • @ananouri3583
    @ananouri3583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My grade school cafeteria served a spiced gingerbread like this. No frosting though, just powdered sugar. Now I'm all nostalgic and I've just got to try this cake out.

    • @wataki2
      @wataki2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I absolutely loved a few of the dishes served at my schools too. So much so that I've tried to find them, as I am an adult now, to purchase. The octagon shaped orange cheese pizza, the square white cheese pizza and the apple crisp. I still remember how they taste very well:)

  • @cachef1
    @cachef1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How wonderful! Have always adored gingerbread - something so special and delightfully “homey” about it. And once I entered a “Canton Ginger Liquor” contest and won $500 for my second place ginger cake lol. But this pushes the envelope way beyond what I did using such supportive flavors. Can’t wait to make this. Decided I would make 4 cakes as shown rather than just 2 and then slice them. WTG as usual ATK.

  • @jg3094
    @jg3094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such great chemistry between these two awesome chefs! I recently discovered the gift of America's Test Kitchen and Cooks Country and I'm hooked.

  • @runningonempty398
    @runningonempty398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh my looks wonderful!

  • @HilaryIsOkayssss
    @HilaryIsOkayssss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m going to make this for Christmas. Thank you very much.

  • @hollym5873
    @hollym5873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love these recipes, thanks

  • @LGCblessed
    @LGCblessed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would loooove for you guys to make a Chocolate Shadow Cake. I've never tried it before but my husband had told me he bought one once (I think it was at Publix Supermarket) and he loved it! I want to bake one for his birthday but the recipes I've found online are not complete. They ask for "3 chocolate round cakes" when what I'm looking for is one made from scratch and there is no better than you guys to make it happen! Love this channel! Thank you : )

  • @chrisandersen5635
    @chrisandersen5635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love ginger anything. Mmm.

  • @semco72057
    @semco72057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That cake does look so delicious and have me wishing to be a baker where I could make one like it and see how long it would take me to devour the whole thing.

  • @lisab.7339
    @lisab.7339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perfection! I would love to make this.

  • @cherylmathew3925
    @cherylmathew3925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a beautiful cake. I will make it soon. I have a couple of queries, how do you ensure flat even layers, any tips would be helpful. Is there a substitute for molasses. Thanks.

  • @kirajustine6079
    @kirajustine6079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It has been so hard to find confectioners sugar lately. I came across this recipe and thought it was perfect for the ingredients I had on hand. I made it vegan by using Earth balance butter and unsweetened almond milk. It came out perfectly. Creamy and whippy and luscious!

  • @Deidre0000
    @Deidre0000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thumbs up for the way the cake looks 👀👍🏽

  • @Nocturne22
    @Nocturne22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've made this a LOT, though in a square pan or loaf pan with just powdered sugar on top. ATK has another gingerbread recipe that's also good, but this one if definitely my favorite because of how ~dark~ it is.

  • @crystalsabundance
    @crystalsabundance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lord have mercy!! Y’all snatched my wig. 🤪

  • @HomeCookingJourney
    @HomeCookingJourney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job 😄

  • @janicezwart6641
    @janicezwart6641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That cake looks divine. I wonder if I could make it into a ginger peach upside cake?

  • @_FearNoEvil
    @_FearNoEvil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I get a kick out of these ladies. I love when the test kitchen bakes.

  • @tweetybird11211
    @tweetybird11211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looks delicious. Can I just use powdered ginger throughout. I don’t have fresh?. Also chocolate frosting? Yum!

    • @francescareilly4713
      @francescareilly4713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kerry Ann Lewis it’s not going to taste the same but it will still be good :)

  • @vincef329
    @vincef329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks super! Hint: a little smear of frosting under the cardboard with keep it from sliding around.

  • @scariella1314
    @scariella1314 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I made this cake over the weekend and it's a BEAST!!! I started around 11:30 am and finished frosting it around 4pm. I followed the directions exactly, but I just didn't have enough batter to make 4 cakes. I made 2 layers with the 1 1/3 cup batter and then made a thicker 3rd layer and used that for the bottom. And the timings are waaaay off. It takes a lot longer for the pudding to thicken on the stove and a lot longer for cooking (my cake was raw in the middle and collapsed when I poked the toothpick in the middle). But all things considered: The cake is awesome!!! The icing? Meh. I've never made Ermine icing before so it may have been something I did, but it's just toooooo buttery....like oily. Now I know why people started switching over to cream cheese icing.

  • @WiseAilbhean
    @WiseAilbhean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where the heck was this recipe when we needed it during Christmas?! 🤣😂

  • @susiegoettel6627
    @susiegoettel6627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yum...

  • @leumas75
    @leumas75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The last 4 generations of my Texas based family has used ermine frosting for Red Velvet Cakes. Cream Cheese frosting is just wrong (in my humble opinion, of course).

  • @thevirtualtraveler
    @thevirtualtraveler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I made this. It is really good but not very sweet at all. The frosting is a dream, 10 out of ten would recommend! I think one could easily modify it to cream cheese frosting by subbing half the butter w/ cream cheese, which would be perfect for carrot or red velvet cake.
    I made a few changes
    added 1/2 c splenda to the cake batter. (but also used dark roast coffee, and special dark cocoa powder, because that's what I had on hand. And it was REALLY dark).
    added a soak of sweetened cream, ground cloves and cinnamon, and a splash of Fireball whiskey.
    added chopped candied ginger between each layer as well as on top.

  • @sankimalu
    @sankimalu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how she ‘gingerly’ mixed the wet and dry ingredients (I just could not resist...)!

  • @masanjawashington7766
    @masanjawashington7766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can this be baked in a bundt pan

  • @bryanmathew2079
    @bryanmathew2079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This iS ☆☆☆☆☆ STELLAR, Might Lower Butters To 2**Cubes, & Little Less Frost'n@Each Layer, it's Perfection.

  • @You-are-right-but
    @You-are-right-but 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Next time I go to the store, i will buy a nice cake, then eat it with coffee

  • @margaretmccullough4457
    @margaretmccullough4457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m not sure if I missed it or not but does anyone know how big that cake pan was?

    • @janicemartin5955
      @janicemartin5955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Margaret McCullough time 3:24, two 8 in pans.

  • @1erinjames
    @1erinjames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Youre teasing me with this reupload while avoidimg makimg Pfeffernusse cookies.

  • @nelsonbrooks
    @nelsonbrooks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yikes! The recipe page is BLOCKED! Bummer..,

  • @charlkriek1709
    @charlkriek1709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Morticia Addams' Ginger Cake

  • @mrsdje3425
    @mrsdje3425 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your link isn't working

  • @mike1968442
    @mike1968442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sugar sugar sugar. Wow

  • @foreignfilmfan
    @foreignfilmfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What could be a substitute for brewed coffee?

  • @EmCSquarey
    @EmCSquarey ปีที่แล้ว

    There just isn't enough icing!
    Why wouldn't you just use the pound of butter instead of risking falling short with the 4 layers?!?!?! Now I have to wait until morning make some more icing so that I'm not embarrassed by the look of this thing. Having a little left for tasting would not be the end of the world! Extremely delicious cake though. Lesson learned, next time I make more in the first place. Heavy Sigh :(

  • @alexisdix6704
    @alexisdix6704 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only have 9 inch cake pans. Can I still do this recipe? If so, how?

    • @ananouri3583
      @ananouri3583 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You could increase the amount of cake batter by about 21%, which could be a pita, or you could just bake the cakes in nine inch pans for a shorter amount of time, as the layers will be thinner and therefore bake faster.

    • @puggirl415
      @puggirl415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do just 3 layers. Divide the batter into 3 instead of 4. You still have to bake that 3rd layer but it would be more the right thickness than if you divided it into 4 but used less batter. A 3 layer cake is still stunning.

  • @samiracle
    @samiracle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is not a ginger cake, it’s just a chocolate coffee flavored cake with spices added. Most of the ginger is totally overpowered by the strong coffee and chocolate flavors.

    • @daniellec0615
      @daniellec0615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would substitute rum for coffee.

  • @rafaelnathan8508
    @rafaelnathan8508 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you make dumplings that aren't made out of lead

  • @trubrit5036
    @trubrit5036 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darn it! Coffee. I don't like the flavour of coffee at all, and I'm not going to use it. Is water OK, I wonder?

  • @leilac37
    @leilac37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yum! Sounds delicious!
    But what about social distancing?!

    • @wright96d
      @wright96d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was filmed before the pandemic.

    • @TheRealRealOK
      @TheRealRealOK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      leilac37 Social distancing is lame.

    • @bubbadeaux1671
      @bubbadeaux1671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      O K See you in the ICU, idiot

  • @givenscommunications6307
    @givenscommunications6307 ปีที่แล้ว

    3/4 cup of Vegetable Oil and all that sugar? You know Molasses is double or triple heated sugar? Sorry this is a scary dessert. I lol pass on this one!