Chocolate Chip Gingerbread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan.
• 3 sieve together flour, cocoa, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.
• 4 cream butter, sugar and molasses in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• 5 beat in egg.
• 6 add flour mixture alternately with water, stirring just until blended.
• 7 stir in chips.
• 8 pour into prepared pan
• 9 bake 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• 10 cool in pan 15 minutes.
• 11 invert cake onto wire rack and let cool completely.
• 12 meanwhile prepare vanilla butter glaze by mixing all ingredients until well blended and smooth.
• 13 let stand for 5 minutes.
• 14 spoon over completely cooled cake.