Cholly’s World-Famous Gingerbread Cake
This dark, moist gingerbread cake is a favorite of guests at the Vista Verde Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where it's cut into rounds and set on a pool of custard sauce. You can make the cake up to 2 days ahead; cool, cover, and store airtight at room temperature.
- Servings: 9
Source: Sunset Magazine
Ingredients
- dark molasses
- teaspoon baking soda
- all-purpose flour
- tablespoon baking powder
- teaspoons ground cinnamon
- teaspoon ground ginger
- teaspoon salt
- teaspoon ground cloves
- butter, at room temperature
- firmly packed brown sugar
- large eggs
- Crème anglaise
- Unsweetened cocoa and/or powdered sugar
- Fresh mint sprigs , rinsed