Best Gluten Free Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Sweet, spicy, and totally cozy is exactly what this Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake Recipe is! It’s a depression era recipe made with real, pantry-style ingredients. This cake delivers big flavor while also being so easy to make gluten-free if needed!

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake is a recipe passed down to my family from many generations before me, and it’s one we still cherish and love each holiday season. The recipes are simple to find in your pantry during the baking season. This recipe uses pantry-style ingredients such as syrup, sugar, butter, flour, ginger, and coconut. The combination of flavors will be a delight for a gingerbread lover, that’s for sure!

What you’ll love about this recipe:

• Pantry ingredients!
• Easy to make gluten-free.
• Warm spices and molasses make it a wonderful, nostalgic recipe.
• Easy to wrap and gift to family and friends.

Ingredients for Gingerbread Cake:

• Maple Syrup
• Brown Sugar
• Granulated Sugar
• Unsalted Butter
• All-Purpose Flour or Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
• Eggs
• Water
• Baking Soda
• Ginger
• Nutmeg
• Cinnamon
• Salt
• Half and Half
• Shaved Coconut
• Chopped Pecans

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix the syrup, brown sugar, and white sugar in a bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl.
3. Add the butter and cream together with the sugars.
4. Add the flour, eggs, water, soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt in order and continue mixing until the batter is formed.
5. Pour into a greased bundt pan.
6. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F or until a toothpick is inserted into the deepest part, it comes out clean.
7. Continue to make the topping while the cake is baking.
8. In a small saucepan, add the butter, brown sugar, and half and half, bringing to a boil and stirring until the butter is melted.
9. Remove from the heat and add the coconut, coating it with the mixture.
10. Carefully remove the cake from the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes, then release it from the pan. Place the cake on a greased cookie sheet or baking pan.
11. Using a spoon, scoop out the coconut and top it over the cooled cake, letting a little bit of the liquid run down on the sides.
12. Prepare the topping for part 2. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients and use your hands or a fork to crumble.
13. Top the cake evenly with the crumble mixture.
14. Put the cake in the broiler on low for 3 minutes or until browned. Be sure to watch closely as it will brown quickly.
15. Serve and Enjoy.

How do you make Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake?

The only thing needed for this to be a gluten-free cake is gluten-free all-purpose flour. This needs to be a 1:1 swap, such as Bob’s Red Mill, King Arthur, or Better Batter.

This is the only swap needed to make this gluten-free; however, as always, be sure to check all ingredients before using.

Gluten-free baking is actually very simple with a basic gluten-free all-purpose flour. The Xanthum Gum will also already be added to your flour if you are using a 1:1 flour; no additional Xanthum Gum will be needed.

If gluten-free is NOT a need for you, simply use regular all-purpose flour.

Tips for Making Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake:

• Use high-quality gluten-free flour.
• This cake is best made in a bundt pan, which will typically be about 12 cups. The bundt cake pan is the best choice for this cake and will yield the best results.
• The baking time listed is intended for a bundt cake pan; if you choose a different pan, then the baking time will be different.
• Prepare the topping as the cake is baking.

• The final 3 minutes will be broiling the cake to get the pecans to fully adhere.
• Make it ahead! Make it the day before and wrap it up, serve the next day.
• Let it fully cool before trying to release it from the pan.
• Slice and give as a DIY gift!

How to store leftover Gingerbread Cake:

Store the cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

It can also be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Serving Suggestions:

• Serve with a warm cup of coffee.
• Serve with whipped cream.

• Serve with a scoop of ice cream and caramel sauce or sauce from the cake.
• Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cake is the perfect choice for a holiday dessert. It’s made with real, easy ingredients with a variety of ways to serve and store!

More Gingerbread Recipes:

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

Gluten-Free Ginger Pancakes

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