It doesn’t get much more Christmassy than this snowy-themed 4-layer vegan Gingerbread Christmas Cake! It’s easy to make, tastes divine and can be made a day or two in advance of Christmas Day, leaving you to concentrate on more important things on the day (gin).
This Gingerbread Cake is warming, spicy and sweet with ginger, cinnamon and mixed spice. It’s got the beautiful deep treacly flavours of Jamaican ginger cake but with more structure and less stickiness to allow you to stack and decorate with confidence. (If you’re looking for a Jamaican Ginger Cake recipe, I’ve got a fab one here you should try).
Sandwiched between the four aromatic layers of gingerbread cake is a silky smooth lemon buttercream; a flavour match made in heaven!
This 4-layered vegan Gingerbread Christmas Cake is:
Impressive, yet easy to make
With aromatic ginger
Spicy cinnamon
And warming treacle
Layered with refreshing lemon buttercream
I have no doubt that you will LOVE this recipe – be sure to tag me on Instagram when you make it @aveganvisit 🙂
The Video Recipe:
The Written Recipe:
Gingerbread Christmas Cake with Snowy Lemon Buttercream
Ingredients
Bowl ingredients:
- 1 kg self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp ginger (dried/ground)
- 4 tsp cinnamon (dried/ground)
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 500 ml dairy free milk
Saucepan ingredients:
- 500 g dairy free margarine
- 300 g treacle
- 300 g golden syrup
- 350 g soft light brown sugar
For the buttercream:
- 500 g icing sugar
- 200 g dairy free margarine
- 1.5 tbsp natural lemon extract (*see notes)
Instructions
To make the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 160° C fan (180° C conventional / 350°F / gas mark 4).
- Grease two deep spring form cake tins (20cm diameter x 7cm deep /8" x 3" ) and line them with parchment paper.
- To a medium saucepan add the ‘saucepan ingredients' (margarine, treacle, syrup and sugar) and warm until combined, around 5 minutes. Take the pan off of the heat and set it aside for 15 minutes to cool.500 g dairy free margarine, 300 g treacle, 300 g golden syrup, 350 g soft light brown sugar
- In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and spices.1 kg self raising flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 3 tbsp ginger, 4 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp mixed spice
- Once the liquid in the saucepan has cooled, add it to the dry mixture along with the dairy free milk.500 ml dairy free milk
- Stir well using a large whisk, until smooth and combined.
- Divide the mixture between the two cake tins and bake for 65 minutes. Test the mixture with a skewer or knife - if the skewer/knife comes out clean your cakes are done, if there is cake mixture still on the skewer/knife then cook the cakes for another 5-10 minutes until the skewer/knife does come out clean.
- Cool your cakes in the tins on the kitchen side. I like to make the cake the day before I want to decorate it because it needs to be completely cool before it can be decorated, plus it’s less to do all in one day.
- When the cakes are completely cool (at least 4 hours), cut each cake in half horizontally to make four layers in total, and level out the top. The offcuts will provide tasty decorating sustenance!
To make the buttercream:
- Add the icing sugar, margarine and lemon extract into a large bowl and either beat by hand or beat using an electric mixture. Once it is smooth and your cakes are cool, it’s time to decorate.500 g icing sugar, 200 g dairy free margarine, 1.5 tbsp natural lemon extract
- Layer buttercream on top of each cake and then place one cake on top of another, creating four layers. Smooth buttercream around the sides and top of the cake. Decorate however you like - I particularly like gingerbread woodland animals and upside down rosemary trees for this cake!
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Tara
Hi, I’m Tara! I’m taking you on a trip around the world in vegan cuisine and bringing the world’s most delicious dishes to your kitchen.
