This recipe for hot-water gingerbread — using an old but reliable technique for a moist, tender cake that starts with a base of molasses and boiled water — comes from cookbook author and ...

Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Recipe Baked in a 9-inch ... Dark brown sugar and molasses give the cake a deep, caramelized sweetness that sets it apart from other spice cakes. We use butter instead ...

This gingerbread cake — with a swoop of molasses frosting — is rich and complex in flavor. It’s also a snap to make. By Mia Leimkuhler Jessica B. Harris’s holiday gingerbread cake with ...

Packed with the warm flavors like ginger, cinnamon, cloves and molasses, this cake feels like a holiday classic, but with a touch of sophistication thanks to a rich, buttery glaze spiked with rum.