Best 3 Gingerbread Pound Cake Recipes

GINGERBREAD POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) well.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl on medium speed until soft and creamy, about 2 minutes; gradually add 1 cup white sugar, beating at medium speed for 5 to 7 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears; batter may look a bit curdled.
• Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Combine molasses and sour cream in another bowl. Add dry ingredients to the batter alternately with molasses mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Mix on low speed until each addition is just blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes; remove cake from pan and cool completely, about 30 minutes more.
• While cake cools, combine water, white sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. Stir in lemon juice, butter, and lemon zest and cook until warmed through.
• Sprinkle cooled cake with powdered sugar and serve with lemon sauce.

GINGERBREAD POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter beating well on medium speed with an electric mixer; gradually add sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each egg is added.
• Combine flour, soda, and spices; set aside.
• Combine molasses and sour cream.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Mix just until blended after each addition.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch Bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes then remove and cool completely on a wire cake rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve with Lemon sauce, if desired.
• Lemon Sauce: Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan, stirring until smooth.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring until smooth and thickened.
• Add remaining ingredients; cook until heated.

GINGER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in ginger and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined. Stir in crystallized ginger. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.