Gingerbread Cake with Plum Marmalade and Chocolate Ganache

It's finally this time of the year!! Time for Christmas cake recipes. First one is traditional Gingerbread Cake with Plum Marmalade and Chocolate Ganache.

This cake will bring joy to you and your family. Perfect for all generations with extra creamy toppings.

Ingredients:

4 large eggs

25 g of gingerbread spices (one package)

150 g of dark chocolate 64-70%

50 g of plum marmalade

150 g butter

70 g dark sugar

120 g honey

180 g flour

20 g potato flour (corn starch)

1,5 tsp baking powder

2 stars anise

Filling:

300 g plum marmalade or any marmalade of your choice

Chocolate Ganache:

100 g dark chocolate

100 g heavy cream

30 g butter

Method:

Put butter, 2 stars anise and gingerbread spices into saucepan. Heat up on small fire for around 5-7 minutes mixing often. Add honey. Take the anise stars out and add dark chocolate. Mix until chocolate melts. Add plum marmalade and leave it to coll down.

In mixing bowl put eggs and sugar. Mix on high speed with mixer for 10-15 minutes until eggs become white.

Heat up oven to 160 degrees.

Sieve both flours and baking powder together. Add gradually flours and mix on low speed of your mixer and afterwards add cooled down chocolate mass. Continue to mix slowly.

Line cake form with baking paper. Pour batter into it.

Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache:

Heat up heavy cream.

Add dark chocolate and mix until totally melts.

Add butter.

Mix until smooth.

When cake cools down, cut into half add marmalade of your choice. Pour chocolate ganache on top of it and spread equally. You can decorate with crushed nuts or cinnamon sticks .

Advice:

If you want your cake taste even better, store the cake into the fridge overnight.

This Gingerbread Cake will melt in your mouth like no other cake and it's perfect for coming holiday season. It won't take you long time to make it and your family and friends will be delighted.

You have to try it!!

Enjoy!!