If you are the kind of person who can eat gingerbread any time of the year, you will love this gingerbread cake recipe. From Courtney of food blog Fork to Belly, the layered dessert is especially wintery. Dense in texture, the solid cake has frosting layers made out of cream cheese frosting containing a bit of gingerbread spice mix for added flavor.
The gingerbread cake contains delightfully autumnal ingredients like cinnamon, ginger, ground cardamom and cloves as well as orange peel, in the bake batter. For added flair and plating points, you can decorate your dish with cranberries, pine cones and fake evergreen plant life.
This Call Me Cupcake-adapted recipe is perfect for a Christmas party or similar holiday-themed gathering.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Gingerbread Cake Craze
- With the unique gingerbread flavor, businesses could create a whole line of complementary products to go along with this cake such as gingerbread flavored drinks or candies.
- Seasonal Baking Trend
- As seasonal flavors continue to grow in popularity, businesses should focus on creating more autumn and winter dessert options to capitalize on that trend.
- DIY Cake Decorating Trend
- As people continue to enjoy making and sharing their own DIY treats on social media, businesses could sell cake decorating kits or classes to teach customers how to create Instagram-worthy desserts like this gingerbread cake.
Where This Applies
- Baking Industry
- With the growing popularity of seasonal flavors, the baking industry can experiment with the traditional flavors and put its own unique extension to gingerbread cakes.
- Celebration Industry
- The gingerbread cake recipe is for a party or holiday-themed gathering, so event planners can add this to their menu while providing taste, aesthetic and entertainment in one.
- DIY Industry
- As more people are becoming fascinated with DIY on social media, DIY kits on cake decoration and cooking can be a new trend in this industry.
