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Healthier Gingerbread Trifles - substituting in healthy ingredients like whole wheat flour and greek yogurt makes this amazing holiday treat a healthier alternative! www.happyfoodhealthylife.com
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Healthier Gingerbread Trifles

Cake can be made 1-2 days in advanced to save on prep time.
Servings 4 individual-sized trifles
Calories
Author Louisa

Ingredients

For Cake

  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter , room temperature
  • 1/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
  • 1 large egg , room temperature, lightly beaten

For Yogurt

  • 2 cups Plain Nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar

Additional Trifle Ingredients

  • About 30 Gingerbread Cookies (you could also use Gingersnaps)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 8x8 pan with nonstick spray, set aside. In a small bowl, combine the boiling water and baking soda; set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, ground spices, and salt; set aside.
  • In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until light. Beat in brown sugar until fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in molasses, baking-soda mixture, and flour mixture, then beat in eggs.
  • Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before building the trifles.
  • Make the yogurt mixture: Combine all ingredients completely and set aside or refrigerate until ready to build trifles.
  • To build trifles, cut the cake into small cubes. Place one layer of cubed cake on the bottom of a small trifle dish. Line the outside of the dish with gingerbread man cookies or gingersnap cookies.
  • Spoon yogurt mixture into the dish, ensuring that it pushes through the spaces between the cookies - so you can actually see the yogurt.
  • Top with a few crumbled cookies and another layer of cake cubes. Top with another layer of yogurt and garnish with one more gingerbread man and some cookie crumbs.