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Are you looking for the ultimate gingerbread recipe? Gingerbread is a wonderful old fashioned dessert that can be the perfect ending to a family dinner. Read on to learn how to make gingerbread.
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How to Make Gingerbread
This video recipe for gingerbread is really for a individual gingerbread tortes. It contains eggs, sugar, ground hazelnuts, ground almonds, ground walnuts, candied orange peel, candied lemon peel, vanilla bean, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, pimento, maces, cardamom, orange zest, lemon zest, and ginger root. The mixture is spread on a wafer, baked, and covered with chocolate after it is cooked.
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Introduction
If you think that gingerbread is only for houses or cookies, think again! A moist, spicy, sweet quick cake, gingerbread is a wonderful dessert. Serve it plain, with whipped cream, a dollop of sweetened creme fraiche, or topped with butter cream frosting, depending on your mood. -
Step 1: Gingerbread Ingredients
Lay out all the ingredients before you begin to bake. You dont want to get half way through the recipe and realize you're missing a key ingredient.
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
Step 2: How to Make Gingerbread
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Grease and flour an 8 inch square cake pan.
- Combine thhe dry ingredients and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs and beat well.
- Add the molasses and boiling water and mix until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the batter and combine thoroughly.
- Bake for 35- 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the gingerbread comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.
- Serve warm, topped as desired.
Step 3: Gigerbread Variations
Gingerbread can be customized to suit your tastes.- Mix in 1 cup of chocolate chips before baking.
- Substitute buttermilk for the boiling water for a richer gingerbread.
- Combine 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/4 cup dark corn syrup,1 /4 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup pecan halves in the pan, then top with 6 canned pear halves, before adding the gingerbread batter to make a pear upside down cake.
- Add 1 cup of raisins or dried cranberries, if desired.
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