Gingerbread Cake - An old-fashioned spicy cake that simply tastes like Christmas!

[@donnamonticello8192]

I lived with my Granny and Paw paw until I was 4-5, My memories of them are more clear than those of my Mother and Step Father. At 81 I feel fortunate to remember anything, but the food my Granny made lingers still. Even when I was grown she still made the food I loved when I visited. Loved those two people with all my heart. Thank you for the chance to gather memories. The cake looks wonderful.

[@warrenbendler2879]

That really struck me, very much pulled at my heart strings 😢

[@luannestrickland4199]

I lived with my Maw Maw and Paw Paw until I was 7 and I loved them so much. Oh how I miss them. I was the baby of the 4 of us grand children.

[@michiperkins144]

I absolutely love how you all don’t waste a drop of ingredients!!!!!!!!

[@deejay2838]

I LOVE GINGERBREAD ANYTHING !!! 🥰🥰🎄🎄

[@RodneyCaulder]

Love the way you lay out and prep all ingredients

[@goofyrulez7914]

I know, right? I usually end up running around the kitchen looking for the ingredients and measuring tools as I need them. 🙂 (Merry Christmas)

[@colleencourtney4484]

I think that’s the part that makes any recipe easier

[@JanneyLopez-pr1of]

I just" LOVE " the way you don't let anything go to waste!!!! I wasn't like that before watching you videos, but now I do scrape everything!!!! You guys are Awesome ❤

[@colleencourtney4484]

This one’s a keeper!

[@lindasaffles4189]

My mom made gingerbread with lemon sauce. It was so good. Nothing like good memories. I loved smelling my mom's kitchen.

[@Susan-cooks]

I've baked many gingerbread cookies, houses, and even a very large gingerbread church for a fellowship event. The gingerbread church had pews, an altar, and even stained glass windows made of gum drops. I was a teenager when I made that church and never thought to take photos.

[@rubyslippers9611]

My dad's favorite. He's been gone 4 decades ago but I still celebrate his birthday with his favorite.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

That’s such a sweet tribute to your dad!

[@katheyjberry]

Yes! Warm gingerbread cake with a dallop of homemade whipped cream. One of my favorite memories from my childhood! Again, thank you for sharing this recipe!

[@julierobertson148]

You deserve extra credit for being willing to admit that there ARE foods that our grandparents didn't make as well as others. Many thanks for another great recipe. Better to perfume your home with wonderful baking smells than with scented candles.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Amen!

[@helenembry7831]

My grandma (my mom's mother) use to make Gingerbread Cake, every Christmas. It was before Redi Whip, so she made her own Whipped Cream. I loved the smell, of her kitchen, when we would come in, on Christmas Eve. It smelled like Christmas. I always thought she made her cake, from scratch, but my mom let me know, that was not the case. I have never made a Gingerbread Cake, maybe this year, at age 69, I will, using your recipe. Thank you, for your Count Down to Christmas recipes. We've enjoyed watching.

[@ns.stitcher]

I have been making gingerbread men and other cut out shapes for about 45 years. My kids loved them, but the best thing about my recipe was that, my neighbour's kids came over one day and had some. The next day they wanted my recipe to make their own. Joshua, the youngest, is now making them every Christmas! He is a cook on a ship! ❤😊

[@startipper3767]

What a wonderful memory. Any your recipe lives on thru sweet Joshua !

[@danih7577]

In the smallest acts of kindness we are sometimes blessed to learn that we made an impression. A ginger bread scented impression baked in with love.

[@dorothylittle3637]

I make gingerbread cookies . I will make this cake.Looks so delicious.

[@ahawk2859]

Merry Christmas and Healthy, Happy New Year!!!! God bless you both.

[@Carly-pr2xw]

Perfect. Cream Cheese would be good too. I love your childhood memories. I love pineapple upside down cake. I'm so glad l found your channel. ❤🎉

[@joyscranfield5527]

I've been dreaming of warm homemade gingerbread! Will get your ingredients this weekend & bake on Monday! I have decided on using my sister's banana bread recipe, neighbor's candy recipe, aunt's chicken casserole recipe for extended family Christmas Eve supper.

[@Annie-so2kk]

Another great recipe for me to make. I loved your soft ginger cookies from last year but a cake will be easier than scooping out cookies

[@martivasiliades8407]

My mother made gingerbread cake and served it with a warm lemon sauce….delish !

[@jpfile319]

Thank you for all you do to make the Holidays extra special! I appreciate all the hard work put into every presentation!

[@patriciastefforia]

German chocolate cake is my favorite also, but I'll also eat anything ginger! Ginger snap cookies, frosted gingerbread cookies (soft cookies), gingerbread cake...what drew me in to watch this video, was that ooey, gooey center in the picture! I will be trying this recipe and underbaking it too!😋 Thank you for another wonderful video and Merry Christmas to both of you!🎅🦌

[@JoniRichy]

The aromas of Christmas are so wonderful. We never forget them. The cake looks so good. Thank you both for all the great recipes you’ve provided us with this season. God bless you

[@Yazz2014]

I just made one this morning with rum glaze, delish!❤

[@peggetennant]

Thank you for sharing this. I made one of these for our church Christmas dinner, and I didn’t get to eat any of it. So, I plan to make one for Christmas at home. My other dessert for Christmas at home will be Cream Puffs with the original corn starch pudding in them. Your gingerbread cake looks delicious.

[@peggykellar121]

Try your gingerbread with warm vanilla pudding…..it’s absolutely delicious!

[@Gayla-k3p]

I'm definitely going to try this, I love gingerbread cake

[@zeniazenia2787]

You and Martha Stewart clean the bowls. Love it!

[@nanijeanie]

I made sourdough ginger bread and ginger snaps! I always add extra ginger good and spicy!

[@georgieoldham8322]

Hi Tom and Melissa! I'm making this one for sure.❤

[@KimHerron-q1l]

Thank you Tom and Melissa. Looks delicious 😋

[@lindamoore2229]

Thank you SO much for all these recipes! I look forward to them every day! AND, thank you for your time and efforts to put all these videos together! Merry Christmas🎄🎄🎄

[@cindycampbell4994]

Another awesome recipe for us to watch, make and enjoy !

[@bowed305]

As I was reading through the comments, I was surprised by how many folks mentioned topping it with lemon sauce. I would have never put those flavors together, but they must be a big hit. My mother didn't do gingerbread cake, or many ginger items that I can remember, but I did have aunts that would, so that's how I got my ginger fix. Most of the time it was done like you did with just some powdered sugar. I would almost swear that I could smell this. Thanks again for the series. Only five more...

[@beverlyproudfoot583]

Mama made gingerbread cake so often. Delish, she had whipping cream, but she also made a lemon sauce in the summer ❤

[@teresahickey6230]

My mom always made gingerbread cookies. Delicious!

[@edwardstevensjr9506]

I love gingerbread at 🤶 time.thanks Tom for making this recipe.

[@baxter-m]

Looks delicious. I'm gonna try it!🤤

[@janetryder172]

Delicious!!! Thank you for this video Tom and Melissa!! Merry Christmas !!

[@10ACGal4Ever]

Gingerbread brings back such special childhood memories! We had a family owned bakery in our neighborhood and my mom would take us there about every week to get a gingerbread cookie as a special treat! Love the taste and smell of gingerbread! I may just have to bake your cake to relive those sweet memories!!! Thanks so much!!

[@kewpiefan72]

I don’t have a good gingerbread story. However, my mom, who was a great cook but not a baker, occasionally would buy a gingerbread cake mix and make a 9x9 pan of gingerbread cake. We loved it! It was one of the few times we’d have homemade dessert!

[@bettycook9536]

Delicious looking cake ❤

[@dandraducharme72]

Yum!! I always give the pan a couple firm taps on the counter before putting it in the oven to get the air bubbles out of cakes and brownies, this cake will definitely be one I try, I have been craving gingerbread this year, and have not had any yet! 😢😅❤

[@susanbright8735]

I love ginger bread❤❤❤ Its the best with whip cream or cool whip..

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for the great Gingerbread Cake recipe tom and Melissa, that turned out good and moist. Stay safe and Merry Christmas to you all. Fred.

[@heidid5275]

I definitely would like to make this. Was never a big fan so I never really made it. Your tried and true recipes are so good that I can’t imagine that this isn’t as good as you say. Thanks guys! Gotta go wrap now! ❤️

[@annelefevre9457]

We loved gingerbread w/ real whip cream. It came from Betty Crocker gingerbread mix. Always so good. My dad was a dairyman so we always had milk, cream and all other dairy products available. We never had artificial cream. So good!

[@roseannem.tockstein8140]

Yes.....better underdone than overdone, even applicable to cookies.

[@judithbrewer4130]

Yum! Received my cookbook today, thanks for making it! ❤

[@ingridbuchanan1825]

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Many Blessings in the New year!! Yes, smellavision would be awesome

[@francesivey7811]

i know what i'm having for dessert for christmas!!!.

[@DoriHoeft]

Gingerbread equals nostalgia for me, homemade gingerbread houses were a childhood favorite 😊 thanks for bringing back another great memory, you guys are just the best!

[@traceythomas1622]

I want to make this it looks so delicious I love you telling stories about ur grandma love ur videos try watch u live but most of time it's reply

[@tarras3292]

I’m from Tennessee but me and my Daughter live in Texas and my Sister sent us some Gingerbread muffins, delicious and I can see myself making this Gingerbread cake it looks Absolutely Delicious, Thank you for Sharing 🎁🎁🎄🌟

[@marciabyram6003]

My mom wasn't much of a cake baker but always made pies. We ate a lot of ginger snaps too. I think a nice Christmas cream pie might be one with a ginger snap cookie crust.🎅

[@candacedolan4857]

Aw, I forgot my Mom sometimes made a gingerbread loaf cake at the holidays. It wasn't an annual thing but when she made it, it was a special treat. The frosting was a sweet butter cream with powdered sugar. I lost her recipes during a move years ago so all I have left is memories. I'm not a baker but yours looks good. Merry Christmas to you both.

[@rosemarycarden175]

I live gingerbread. Memories. My brother helped mama make gingerbread men at Christmas time. Don't have it, unfortunately. Do you have one? Would love it. Good Bless. Live how you scrape your bowls. Mot wasteful. That's how we were brought up. Also love how sweet & cordial you two are & how funny when you don't lock your mixer & Melissa dies while filming. I chuckle everytime. I'm in my 70's & the memories you all talk about are so heartwarming. Merry Christmas from NE Tennessee.❤😂🎉😊

[@VanessaPage-ic2bd]

Hi Tom and Melissa. My Mom made moist and delicious Gingerbread too, but most of the time we had it with a thin layer of applesauce. She would spread it on each slice, not the whole cake. Most of the time she used home canned applesauce. Occasionally we would have it with whipped cream. Delicious!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

That actually sounds good! I have a lot of home canned applesauce, I’d like to try it.

[@RataPerry]

I thought about doing the same.

[@crissytate4933]

Ty both love gingerbread needed a good recipe I will put the box mix back on shelf know this homemade will be so much better God Bless you and your's 🙏🙏❤️🙏 and a very Merry Christmas to you both 🎊🎊🎊🎊💝

[@ellensippel8413]

I did not eat gingerbread as a child. While my mother was a good cook, she did not care for baking. My aunt specialized in pies and my grandmother made fruitcake. Our family did not make gingerbread. Where I first had gingerbread cake was when I was on vacation in Colonial Williamsburg in early December (decades ago). A street vendor sold warm gingerbread cake with whipped cream, and it was wonderful!!! I am so excited to make your recipe for the holidays.

[@karenughoc2849]

You forgot to add the salt in the ingredient.

[@RataPerry]

​@@karenughoc2849 No, he did not. Tom had measured it out on the plate with all the spices.

[@sharonhemmeter]

Hot butter rum sauce and ice cream. Delicious ❤

[@SM-qb6dz]

I went to a small Catholic school in Missouri in the '70s, we had really great cooks most of which were parents of students, one of them made the best gingerbread and served it with a dollop of fresh whipped cream, everyone loved it!

[@danakapahu4105]

Another great recipe I’m going to make that for are Christmas lunch 😊thanks for sharing have a blessed day Tom and Melissa 🙏🎄

[@janajahn8100]

Share your grandmother's german chocolate cake please, I so enjoy all of your recipes!!! Jana Jahn

[@RataPerry]

Baker's German Chocolate bar; used to make the cake, has the recipe tucked inside the box.

[@junephillips8762]

Love the taste of ginger. This video of gingerbread brought back sweet precious memories of Christmas’s past with my children making gingerbread men and girls. Thank you both. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@debbellable]

Thanks for the recipe

[@k.skittles8196]

This sound so yummy!! I think I'm going to made this and uses my mini bite size muffins. My mom never made anything in gingerbread she doesn't like the flavor.

[@MargaretHurdle-j2f]

That and German chocolat cake is with my coffee

[@itsdiane2you11]

I am going to try this in the next few days with a powdered sugar icing. Yum.

[@stephaniecampbell6811]

This is so interesting. Most recipes you start with wet ingredients first, then slowly add the dry. This is opposite.

[@debbiecoyne]

I was thinking the same thing! It's interesting how certain recipes have a different order of mixing the ingredients! Some say that baking is a science, so I guess there's a reason why it's opposite!

[@guesswhonancy9028]

Looks delicious

[@phyllisandrews6834]

Love the tree!

[@AZCanner]

I love gingerbread cookies, cake, and gingerbread anything. Just give it an inch of frosting. That would go great with the White Hot Chocolate. Santa Clause needs plenty of sugar for his long trip.

[@amyohl5037]

Ditto!❤❤🎉

[@lorisutherland7728]

Cant wait to try this?

[@collenrose3957]

My Mom always made a gingerbread cake with a powdered sugar dusting. We always got it hot out of the oven! That is one good memory I cherish. I'm going to make your cake & see how it compares! Thanks for the memories😂. 🌈💛🙏💛🌈

[@BerniceTaylor-q7s]

Lots of jogged, wonderful memories of days gone by. Not sure I will attempt this, but you never know it looks so good and I do feel ambitious. Merry Christmas

[@Fancypants1016]

LOVE gingerbread! This looks delish!

[@goofyrulez7914]

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christinegraham2579]

I like gingerbread cake with a little lemon sauce. 😋

[@karenwhite1265]

Yummy!! That looks delicious!

[@CoolwolfmommyFYI]

Yum!😋yum!😋 yum!😋 💙😁💙

[@SandyC-ep3tv]

Your story about your Grandmother's Gingerbread reminded me of my mom's efforts to make custard pie. Everytime she tried, she got Custard CAKE. She used her mother's recipe but for her it didn't turn out as pie. 😂 I love how food carries such wonderful memories with it. Thanks for sharing your stories as well as your recipes. ❤🎄

[@straightforward]

I'd put it in 2 circle cake pans & put something in the middle. idk Looks like a good base recipe to work off of. Thank you!

[@carolec9994]

I have made that with 2 layers with lemon curd filling and cream cheese frosting

[@RataPerry]

​@@carolec9994 Now, that sounds good.

[@geegaw1535]

Another warming recipe forcold days. Thank you both ❤ Merry Christmas everyone ❄

[@margaretwinters6234]

My great aunt in Floyd county Ky used to make gingerbread to make her stack cakes, so I was think that would make a good topping for your cake. (Think cooked down spiced apples) My mother's aunt Lucinda and Jemima were in their 80's when I was a kid pre-teen. I remember one lived in the head of a holler and she made the best gingerbread cookies, big and round, so soft and good. still made my 5 layered stack cake with cooked down dried apples.

[@hayleywoodcox6550]

🐠🐠🐠😋😋😋😋 love gingerbread

[@catmama7]

You're gonna have to make another cookbook and put the recipes in it that you are cooking every day now. Maybe a CHRISTmas cookbook. I looked in my cookbook that I got from y'all and it don't have the gingerbread cake in it. I love watching your show. And the recipes that I have cooked are all good. God bless y'all and have a Merry CHRISTmas

[@RataPerry]

I love the way you structure the word CHRIST(all caps) mas(lower case). Never thought to do that.

[@RataPerry]

If you don't mind, I'd like to do that as well.

[@Robin-f1z]

Hi I remember my mom she used to serve gingerbread cake with a lemon sauce. It was really good and I have had it with cool whip also delicious. It is a great Christmas cake

[@madelineryan7999]

Most gingerbread recipes I’ve tried have been dry. Recently tried a gingerbread syrup recipe that is awesome. This will be just the thing to bring with it to Christmas dinner!

[@francespeterson4976]

Oh, the memories! My mama , Lord rest her soul, would make gingerbread and serve it with a lemon sauce. My husband of 52 years does not like spices , hence no gingerbread or spice cake, but the weird thing is he loves my ginger snap cookies… go figure! 😜🎄

[@maryheckler6766]

My mother used to make it with lemon sauce, too. It was always my holiday favorite! 😋

[@Susan-cooks]

My parents ate it with hard sauce, a boozy glaze. It was "grown-up" cake.

[@coopie624]

My mama made an orange butter sauce to pour over her gingerbread and it was amazing!

[@cathyrandolph7135]

When I was growing up, neither my mom nor my grandmother ever made gingerbread anything. But as an adult, I’ve discovered I love the taste of ginger whether it’s in something sweet or something savory. I think I would love this cake.

[@tinarose9748]

Merry Christmas to you both 🎄❤

[@joycedellinger2528]

My mom made gingerbread men every Christmas. One year we poked holes in the top of the cookie and hung them with ribbon on the Christmas tree. The next morning the 6 cookies that were hung on the tree were only heads, no bodies! Our dog Buffy during the night had eaten them, and left a surprise on the carpet! She looked very guilty! Merry Christmas to both of you!

[@btcrazee1]

Oh my goodness… I was just thinking to make gingerbread cake and I see this…it is fate!!! I like the way you lay out all the ingredients before. Love your channel!

[@PretirementDays]

Oh I know this is good!

[@sharallmelton643]

❤I’m very thankful for this recipe because l never new it was that simple, thanks Tom and Melissa😊

[@debbieflint1865]

Can’t wait to try this recipe , so yummy I agree with Tom Smell a vision great idea lol❤

[@rhondabarr3448]

Love your videos

[@suellenw561]

In high school home ec class, we made ginger bread with lemon sauce. unfortunately, I've lost the recipes for both but I do remember making them after I was out of school.

[@AussieAngeS]

That’s a really nice looking cake. I need to make this