Chocolate Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Molasses Frosting

This cake has all of the holiday flavours you could think of and is genuinely a treat! With fresh ginger and ground spices, molasses for more signature gingerbread flavour aaaaaand chocolate. Top that with a silky cream cheese frosting that also has a bit of molasses and you have yourself a very merry Christmas!

• 115 gms butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup molasses (170 gms)
• 3/4 cup soft brown sugar (160 gms)
• 1/4 cup water (60 ml)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup whole milk (60 ml)
• 2 tsps finely grated fresh ginger (peeled before grating)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (120 gms)
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder (42 gms)
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt if using unsalted butter
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder

• 100 gms unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 150 gms cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 tbsp molasses
• 1 cup + 2 tbsps icing sugar (120 gms)