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Gingerbread

Delicious gingerbread with loads of fresh ginger and spices.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ginger bread
Servings: 6 serving
Calories: 136kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon unsalted butter melted plus more for greasing the pan
  • ¼ cup+1 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon whole wheat pastry flour
  • ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom
  • teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ cup unsulphured molasses
  • 1 tablespoon peeled minced fresh ginger
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 2 tablespoon Sour cream/thick yogurt
  • ½ lightly beaten egg
  • 2 tablespoon warm water

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325F. Butter a 5 inch square baking pan. Line the pan with parchment, leaving a 2 inch overhang on the two sides, butter the parchment.
  • In a small bowl, whisk, all purpose flour, whole wheat pastry flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cardamom, salt and cloves.
  • In another bowl mix melted butter, sugar, honey, molasses, fresh ginger and orange zest.
  • Using wooden spoon mix in the sourcream/yogurt, eggs and warm water.
  • Add wet ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well with wooden spoon .
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan
  • and bake until the cake is set and tooth pick comes out clean, it takes about 40-45 minutes. Let cool completely.
  • For serving you can cut them into small pieces and serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Cake can be stored well at room temperature upto 3 days. If you have any left over.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 161IU | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg
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