The Ultimate Gingerbread
From eyecook 15 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is possibly the best thing I've ever baked. This moist, sweet gingery cake is simply amazing. I adapted the recipe from the side of a box - not something I'd normally try - but it sounded so tempting I just had to try it. Read more It's supposed to serve 8 people - but my family of three devoured it like starving wolves it was gone the very next day. I did change a few things from the original recipe - lowered the sugar - it's still sweet but not overwhelmingly and added an extra egg - this made it more fluffy. I also didn't have buttermilk on hand, so that is changed too. The recipe here is my version of the one on the side of the box. Enjoy! See less
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 2 t ground ginger - taste your ginger first - if it is very hot - reduce to 1 t shopping list
- 1 t cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 2 eggs, well beaten shopping list
- 3 T. molasses shopping list
- 1 t baking soda shopping list
- 1 box - (4 oz) and this is crucial to your success - ginger People organic crystalized ginger, chopped fine or coarse - your preference - this ginger is moist and chewy not dried out and hard. It comes in little cubes and is divine - I believe the ginger they use is baby ginger - the young stuff that has not had a chance to get stringy at all - any good health food store should have it shopping list
- 3 T minced fresh ginger shopping list
- 1 t salt shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 2 T lemon juice shopping list
- garnish - which it really doesn't need unless you're getting all fancy shopping list
- 1 cup whipping cream shopping list
- 1 T vanilla sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and ground ginger together , cut in butter.
- Set aside 1/4 cup of the crumble mixture for topping.
- Add beaten eggs to the rest of the mixture. Set aside 2 T of the chopped ginger for garnish and put the remainder into the mixture along with the molasses.
- In a cup stir together the milk and the salt. Add the lemon juice and stir. Let sit a minute the dissolve the baking soda in the milk and quickly add to the flour mixture.
- Mix well until a very nice batter consistency emerges. Pour into greased 9" pan. I grease mine with ghee instead of butter to prevent burning.
- Sprinkle with reserved topping and if you will not be using the garnish of whipping cream - also the reserved ginger. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes till wooden skewer comes out relatively clean.
- Serve warm with whipped cream or just scarf down plain.
- I highly recommend serving it with plain steamed milk, a latte or a chai latte.
- As this cake bakes your kitchen will fill with a constantly changing aroma - buttery, cinnamon, ginger - I was amazed how many different scents wafted up from this relatively simple cake.
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I love gingerbread & this recipe sounds incredible
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brianna
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I have a box of Ginger People Ginger in the cupboard right now that is dying to be in this recipe! Thanks for the post!
pixilatedtoad
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Thanks to you and the back of the box wow! luv gingerbread and your version sounds even better thanks high5
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