My Pro Baker’s Guide to Unforgettable Winter Cakes

Ingredients

• All-Purpose Flour: 310g (2 ½ cups)
• Ground Ginger: 10g (2 ½ teaspoons)
• Ground Cinnamon: 6g (1 ½ teaspoons)
• Ground Cloves: 1g (½ teaspoon)
• Unsalted Butter, softened: 113g (½ cup or 1 stick)
• Packed Brown Sugar: 110g (½ cup)
• Large Eggs: 100g (2), at room temperature
• Unsulphured Molasses: 340g (1 cup)
• Baking Soda: 10g (2 teaspoons)
• Hot Water: 240ml (1 cup), just off a boil