Gingerbread Recipe- Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cake
Gingerbread- Old Fashioned Gingerbread perfect for winter. Slightly warm before you serve. Tastes best with whipped cream or plain vanilla ice cream too.
Servings: 9 " cake
Ingredients
- All purpose flour 2 cups
- Baking soda 1 tsp
- Coconut sugar 1/4 cup
- Ground ginger 1 tbsp
- Freshly cracked black pepper 1 tsp
- Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
- Nutmeg powder 1/2 tsp
- Freshly grated ginger 1 tbsp
- Molasses 3/4 cup
- Butter 1/2 cup melted
- Water 1/4 cup
- Milk 1/4 cup see notes
- Yogurt 3/4 cup whisked
- Large egg 1
- Dried apricots chopped roughly 3 tbsp
- Candied ginger chopped roughly 3 tbsp
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C.
- Line a 9" pan
- Combine flour, baking soda, sugar and all spice powders along with the freshly grated ginger, sugar and salt. Mix well using a whisk.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter.
- Add molasses to the butter and mix well.
- Add this mixture to the dry mixture. Mix well using a whisk.
- Add water to this next and mix again.
- Now, in the same bowl that you mixed butter and molasses, combine the yogurt and milk and mix well.
- Crack an egg into this and whisk thoroughly
- Add this egg mixture to the batter and mix well using a whisk.
- Add chopped apricot bits and candied ginger bits to the batter and mix well
- Pour batter into the lined tin and bake for 35 mins or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool on a cooling rack for 20 mins before slicing.
- Your gingerbread is ready. Warm slighlty before serving.
Notes
1. The original recipe calls for buttermilk. I substituted it with 3/4 c yogurt and 1/4 milk. In case you find buttermilk, use 1 cup of buttermilk.
2. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature for best results.
3. The candied ginger and apricots are optional but highly recommended.
2. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature for best results.
3. The candied ginger and apricots are optional but highly recommended.
For Instant Pot & Air Fryer Recipes
Instant Pot timings may vary based on your geographic location. Air fryer settings and timings may vary based on the capacity and the model of the Air fryer.
Disclaimer
Nutrition values are provided here as a courtesy and are only a rough guide. Please consult a health care provider if you have any concerns.
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