Black Gingerbread By Sitbynellie I Made It

Black Gingerbread by Sitbynellie

gourmetana 11 years ago

Fionas Mums Black Gingerbread

I wish you could smell my kitchen right now. Actually smells like Christmas which is odd for August :) Anyway, I am having a slice of this amazing bread as I am writing. The treacle and the spices flavors are really special. The bread is moist and has the right amount of sweetness.
Thank you for sharing Susan :)
Nite nite!

(Treacle = molasses - in case you wonder)

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago said:

I would have never know that treacle is molasses. Another thing learned today!! That bread looks so good, bet the kiddos would like it with a little butter for breakfast! Is mixed spice the same as all spice?

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Had to look up "mixed spice". There are several variations on the recipe. A quick and dirty sub is pumpkin pie spice but that leaves out a couple key ingredients. I imagine grinding your own recipe fresh would make a wonderful flavor. It is a variety of common spices that should already be in your spice rack.

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gourmetana 11 years ago said:

ML2C, if you mix equal parts of ground cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg you get the traditional mixed spice (that's what I have). You can add a pinch of cloves and coriander if you fancy the flavor.
There's something funny about all spice. Many years ago I tried pickled walnuts in London. It is a gourmet and traditional pickle they have and I absolutely love it. A few years ago I found out how to do it at home, the recipe called for all spice. I had no idea what it was... After a bit of research found a website that shipped it to Portugal. Imagine my surprise when I figured it was a very common spice we have available anywhere. The only thing is we call it Jamaican Pepper. Isn't it interesting that we, all over the world, call different names to equal items? :)

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chuckieb 11 years ago said:

That looks AMAZING! I've never had Gingerbread in a 'loaf' form before.
Out of curiosity over the talk on 'mixed spice' vs. 'allspice' I googled the substitute for allspice and read that it is a combination of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg.
Am totally going to bookmark this recipe. I want my kitchen to smell like that too! :) Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

That looks like it would be pretty dense and heavy. Was it? It sure sounds like it would smell wonderful.

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gourmetana 11 years ago said:

Not at all FA, it was moist and very much like pound cake.

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago said:

Thanks for the info everyone! I so often find a recipe with something in it I've never heard of, and just click past it. So glad to be learning all these things here!

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Only took a pinch off of a slice because of my diet restrictions.
Mother likes it.
Only bad thing I have to say about the recipe is in the word translation between here and over the pond. My greased loaf tin was a 9x5 bread loaf pan. Although the batter didn't spill out, it came awful close. I new there was going to be trouble when the batter was poured into the baking vessel, which came out almost to the top.
Looking at the shape of the loaf in the headliner picture, the loaf looks like it was baked in a casserole dish. I should have done that. Consequently my baking time was extended 25 more minutes.
Used pumpkin pie spice.

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

Maybe that is why I thought it looked heavy. It wasn't baked in a loaf pan. I thought it had flattened because it was a heavy bread. :)
Did you use paper in your pan, pso?

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gourmetana 11 years ago said:

That is why I never grease a pan before I see the amount of batter the recipe makes. Susan doesn't refer to a pan size. PEO, maybe you're right about the casserole dish but I have to say that could have been baked in a loaf pan. I have huge ones I use to bake Christmas loafs and other goodies :)

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Yes, used parchment paper and it needed it. Didn't know there is a larger loaf pan than a 9x5. It is a very fine grained loaf which makes it look dense.

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