December 4, 2014

gingerbread coffee cake with spiced ginger streusel

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Gingerbread Coffee Cake with a spiced Ginger Streusel topping

a delicious way to start your holiday mornings

holiday baking | gingerbread coffeecake with spicy ginger streusel

It is safe to say that I have moved past all things apple and pumpkin and have ย firmly embraced spicy ginger, molasses, and cinnamon. I just love cinnamon.

So when I was asked to create a recipe ย using Gourmet Garden lightly dried ginger, I knew immediately what I wanted to make. Gingerbread, but this time of year you see gingerbread recipes all over the place. I love gingerbread, but I did want to come up with something a bit more original.

I combined my favorite gingerbread recipe, with my favorite coffee cake recipe, and added a spicy ginger streusel topping, because every coffee cake needs streusel topping.

holiday baking | gingerbread coffee cake with streusel

Sometimes all I eat is the streusel topping.

But not with this cake, I ate it all. Using lightly dried ginger in place of ground ginger makes a HUGE difference. It is the closest thing to fresh you can get, making the cake FULL of ginger flavor, and well that is exactly what you want in a good gingerbread if you ask me.

gingerbread coffeecake with spiced ginger streusel

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gingerbread coffee cake with spiced ginger streusel

Ingredients

  • Streusel
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp lightly dried ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp butter, melted
  • Coffeecake
  • 4 Tbsp butter, softened
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 molasses
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp lightly dried ginger

Instructions

  • pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
  • butter and lightly flour a 9 inch square pan
  • cream together the butter and sugar
  • add the eggs and beat well
  • add the molasses and milk
  • mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ginger
  • add the dry ingredients to the batter, and mix well
  • pour into prepared pan
  • make the streusel by blending the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger, add teh melted butter and blend until crumbly
  • top the coffee cake with streusel and bake 30 - 40 minutes - until a pick inserted in the center comes out clean
https://www.wellfloured.com/gingerbread-coffee-cake-spiced-ginger-streusel/

Great with morning coffee, afternoon tea, or even as dessert, this gingerbread coffeecake is a great addition to your holiday baking list.

Enjoy!

gingerbread coffeecake with spiced ginger streusel

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Thank you to Gourmet Garden for sponsoring this post, but as always all opinions are 100% mine.

		
	

		

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