Third Heaven Gingerbread
From hollyeats 16 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup butter (or margarine or even vegetable shortening, for this recipe) shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda (not baking powder) shopping list
- 1 generous teaspoon each ground cinnamon and ginger shopping list
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup molasses or dark golden syrup shopping list
- 1/2 cup light honey shopping list
- 1 cup hot water shopping list
- (optional: 1 tablespoon grated orange rind) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Grease and flour a high-sided 9x9" square pan.
- Melt the butter in a large bowl and allow it to cool.
- Beat in the sugar and the egg until well combined.
- In anther bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.
- In a large measuring cup, combine the liquids.
- Add flour mixture and liquids alternately to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition, until smooth (batter will be thin).
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake in the center of the oven.
- Start checking the cake for doneness from 45 minutes onwards, or until cake pulls away just a bit from the sides of the pan and a toothpick test leaves no crumbs clinging to it. Do not overbake!
- Cut into 9 squares.
- Serve warm with whipped cream or lemon sauce and await raves.
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