Gingerbread Hot Cake

This is one of the easiest desserts you can make!  It's perfect for the holidays with it's gingerbread flavor.  The day before serving I mix my dry ingredients together and my wet ingredients together, but wait to combine them until I'm ready to bake.  Then I just sprinkle the topping on, pour the boiling water on, and bake.  It's looks like a science project just before going into the oven, but I promise it comes out fantastic and has it's own sauce.  I like to serve with either whipped cream or a vanilla bean ice cream.

Gingerbread Hot Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. gingerbread spices
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg, beaten

• Topping

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. gingerbread spices
• 2 Tbsp. butter, diced
• 2 cups boiling water

Serves: 6-8
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Preheat oven to 425 and begin boil just over 2 cups water (you'll lose some steam).  In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, gingerbread spices, and salt; add molasses and the beaten egg and stir to combine.  In a medium bowl, mix brown sugar and remaining gingerbread spices.  

Grease a small casserole dish and add cake mixture (it will not look like much, but it will be).  Top with brown sugar mixture, dot with butter and pour boil water on top.  

Bake for 25-30 minutes; let cool for 10 minutes before serving.  This is great alone, but some whipped cream on the side is nice too. Somehow this crazy mixture turns into a cake sitting in it's own sauce!