This cake is absolutely fabulous! Moist, tender and flavorful, it keeps very well on the shelf, freezes well, etc. Being gluten-free, I use rice flour and add an extra egg to the recipe to hold the dough together and prevent crumbling. The result is light and fluffy and very tasty, as this recipe is! I love the idea of blueberries with gingerbread ,how creative. It's great for holiday parties or any time of the year. We buy our blueberries frozen and inexpensively from Trader Joes. I just dump the frozen contents right into the recipe and it works out great! This cake is quick and easy to bake, and has become a household favorite. We hope you enjoy it even half as much as we do, and if so you will just love it! :-)
Gingerbread Cake with Blueberry Sauce
The new light shines on flavor, so no need to worry about compromising on desserts. Crystallized ginger deepens the flavor in this moist cake (although it's fine without it).
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 cake piece, about 2 tablespoons sauce, and 1 tablespoon whipped topping)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 284
- Calories from fat: 22%
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.6g
- Protein: 4.4g
- Carbohydrate: 52.4g
- Fiber: 1.9g
- Cholesterol: 38mg
- Iron: 3mg
- Sodium: 277mg
- Calcium: 105mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup chopped crystallized ginger (optional)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries, thawed
- Cooking spray
- Blueberry Sauce
- 3/4 cup frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk; make a well in center of mixture.
- Combine buttermilk and next 5 ingredients (buttermilk through eggs); stir well with a whisk. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into an 11 x 7-inch baking dish or 9-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in dish for 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Spoon Blueberry Sauce over top of individual pieces; dollop with whipped topping.
- (Totals include Blueberry Sauce.)
Gingerbread Cake with Blueberry Sauce Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Desserts, Cakes/Frostings
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Gifts, Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead, Portable/Picnic
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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