gingerbread cake with caramel cream cheese buttercream.

This Caramel Cream Cheese Büttercream cake is a delicioüs Christmas treat

INGREDIENTS

• 3 ¼ cüps all-pürpose floür
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons groünd ginger
• 1 ½ teaspoons groünd cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon nütmeg
• ¾ teaspoon groünd cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cüps hot water
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 (16 tablespoons) sticks Land O Lakes® Eüropean Style Salted Bütter softened
• 1 cüp packed brown sügar light or dark
• 1 1/3 cüps molasses
• 3 eggs at room temperatüre
• gingerbread men/women gold sprinkles + rosemary, for decoration (optional)
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• CARAMEL FROSTING
• 1 cüp granülated sügar
• 2 1/2 (20 tablespoons) sticks Land O Lakes® Eüropean Style Salted Bütter softened
• 3/4 cüp heavy cream
• 16 oünces cream cheese softened
• 2 cüps powdered sügar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• gingerbread cookies for decorating

INSTRüCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 8-inch roünd cake pans. Line with parchment paper, grease with bütter or cooking spray.
2. In a mediüm bowl combine the floür, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nütmeg, cloves and salt. Thoroüghly whisk to combine. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the hot water and baking soda.
4. üsing an electric mixer, beat together the bütter and brown sügar üntil light and flüffy. Beat in the molasses üntil completely combined and then add the water/baking soda mixtüre alternating with the floür mixtüre üntil everything is combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, üntil combined.
5. Divide the batter evenly among the three prepared cake pans. Bake üntil a toothpick inserted into the center of each comes oüt with moist crümbs attached, 30 to 35 minütes. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 15 minütes and then türn the cakes oüt onto wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
6. Alternately yoü can divide the batter evenly among 36-40 cüpcake tins lined with paper liner, filling them 1/2 way füll, and bake for 12-15 minütes.
7. Meanwhile, make the büttercream. In a large saücepan cook the sügar over moderately high heat, stirring constantly with a heat proof rübber spatüla üntil the sügar is melted and türns a deep golden caramel, remove the skillet from the heat and add 4 tablespoons of bütter one by one, whisking üntil combined. The caramel will bübble, this is ok. Now slowly add the cream and then whisk üntil combined. Retürn the pot to the heat and, cook the mixtüre over moderate heat, stirring üntil the caramel has thickened, aboüt 3-5 minütes. Remove from the heat and let cool. Set the caramel aside to cool.
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Full Recipe >> halfbakedharvest.com

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