Gingerbread man
Description
You can make a gingerbread man not only as cookies but also as a cake! The result is incredibly tender and perfectly moist inside, while the chocolate cream gives it a delicious chocolate flavor. The unique feature of the cream is that you need to mix room-temperature butter with cold cream cheese. The ingredients in this recipe are specified for a 33x22 cm pan, which makes the cake quite tall. The baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Sift the flour and mix it with baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, and salt using a whisk. Melt the butter over low heat and add sugar and molasses to it. Stir and warm slightly, then remove from heat and add to the flour mixture.
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Step 2
2. Mix well and add the eggs lightly beaten with a whisk, warm milk, and using a whisk, mix until smooth consistency.
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Step 3
3. Pour the batter into a parchment-lined pan and bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Let it cool.
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Step 4
4. Prepare the cream: mix room-temperature butter and cold cream cheese using a whisk, then add orange zest.
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Step 5
5. Divide the cream into several parts and color them differently: chocolate color using cocoa, and red and green using food coloring. Cut a gingerbread man shape out of the cooled cake and cover it with a layer of chocolate cream.
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Step 6
6. Then, using a piping bag with the corner cut off, pipe white, red, and green frosting as decoration.