Gingerbread Pudding Cake

I like pumpkin spice, but I love gingerbread.

There’s just something about the combination of the warm spices, moist cake, and molasses that I can’t get enough of!

I eat my gingerbread topped with applesauce, and this gingerbread pudding cake was inspired by that combination of gingerbread and apples.  The applesauce in the cake helps to make it moist, and the apple cider gives the sauce great flavor.

And this gingerbread pudding cake does part of the work for you. Just add the topping ingredients, and, like magic, it forms a sauce underneath the cake as it bakes. Top it with a little whipped cream for some extra deliciousness.

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Gingerbread Pudding Cake

Gingerbread Pudding Cake is a moist apple gingerbread cake that makes its own caramel apple sauce while it bakes. 

Course Dessert

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 12

Calories 230 kcal

Author i heart eating

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup apple cider
• 1/2 cup water

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and spices. Set aside.
3. In a separate large bowl, whisk together applesauce, milk, oil, molasses, and vanilla together until well-combined.
4. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until combined.

5. Pour batter into an 8x11-inch (shallow 2 quart), or similarly sized, baking dish.

6. In a separate bowl, stir sugars and cinnamon together.
7. Sprinkle topping evenly over the batter.
8. Pour apple cider and water over the topping. DO NOT STIR!
9. Bake for 40 minutes, or until middle is set.
10. Cool 5-10 minutes before serving.
11. Top with toasted pecans, if desired.

Recipe Notes

*Nutrition facts have been estimated.

Nutrition Facts

Gingerbread Pudding Cake

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 230 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Sodium 59mg 2%

Potassium 262mg 7%

Total Carbohydrates 46g 15%

Sugars 35g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 0.2%

Vitamin C 0.2%

Calcium 6.7%

Iron 6.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.