Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting Recipe | MyRecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 1 1/2 cups hot strong brewed coffee
- 3/4 cup light molasses
- Shortening
- Buttermilk Frosting
- Spiced Glazed Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Process first 7 ingredients in food processor 1 minute or until ginger is finely ground. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric stand mixer until creamy. Add sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time; beat until blended after each addition.
- Combine coffee and molasses. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with coffee mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended. Beat egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into batter in 3 batches.
- Spoon batter into 3 greased (with shortening) and floured 8-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 ° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool on racks.
- Spread Buttermilk Frosting between layers and over cake. Garnish with pecans.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting Recipe | MyRecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Dessert. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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