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If you’re in the position of being an extrovert dating an introvert, here are eight tips that should keep both of you happy. 1. Have a get-out-of-the-party game plan.

The first is that if you put this out in small squares, dusted with powdered sugar and in proximity to a hand-whisked bowl of lightly sweetened schlag at a packed tree-trimming party, one by one, the handsome revelers will fall upon them, take a big delighted bite, and then you might out of the corner of your eye note that cheer melting from faces into a brief pang of surprise as they realize that no, that was not a brownie, but an extremely dark and intense square of gingerbread cake.

However, if there could be one bad thing about it, it would be that on a rare occasion, usually because it sat in the pan longer than it was supposed to or the baking winds were not in our favor that day, it does not like to come out of the bundt pan in one piece. Sometimes it comes out in several. Sometimes it leaves half the cake in the pan. I think this would be a good time to state for the record that The Smitten Kitchen does not condone crying over cake.

I melted the butter instead of softening and beating it. I fudged the steps so it was almost a one-bowl cake. It barely took 30 minutes to bake a half-recipe. And I have since then kept this recipe in my back pocket, not just for December emergencies and big December holidays, but for December itself, or anytime you crave a deeply spiced gingerbread cake but want a forgiving recipe with minimal fuss.

It goes well with mulled wine, with lazy family afternoons and unfurrowed brows, like everything important should. Gingerbread Snacking Cake Adapted from Martha Stewart This cake may not look like centerpiece material, but it is no less worthy of your full admiration. As written, it makes a maximum intensity via fresh ginger and a full cup of molasses gingerbread cake. I suspect it would also make a wonderful layer cake, maybe with eggnog filling and whipped cream for frosting. I cut it into 32 petite squares.