Gingerbread Cake With Chocolate Ganache

• 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup very hot water
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons orange zest (optional)
• 1/4 cup orange marmalade or 1/4 cup apricot jam
• dark chocolate ganache (I recommend Jeni's Chocolate Ganache)

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350u0b0 F.
2. Grease and flour 9-inch/20cm square pan.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
4. Add egg. Add the water to the molasses, stir to combine, then stir molasses water into the butter mixture.
5. Stir dry ingredients together, add to liquid mixture, and combine until smooth. Pour into prepared pan, bake 45 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
6. To decorate-.
7. Once cool, split the cake in half horizontally.
8. Sit the two halves, cut side up, on the counter, and spread one half with jam and the other half with chocolate ganache.
9. Sandwich the two halves back together.
10. Ice the entire cake with chocolate ganache, decorate and serve!

shortening, sugar, egg, molasses, very hot water, flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, orange zest, orange marmalade, chocolate ganache

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gingerbread-cake-with-chocolate-ganache-239582 (may not work)