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Triple Ginger Gingerbread Cake

Triple Ginger Gingerbread Cake
  • Category

    Dessert

  • Cusine

    American

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How to make?

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup molasses, unsulphured

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated

1 tablespoon candied ginger, minced

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and lightly flour an 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish. Fit a piece of parchment or baking paper inside and allow some to hang off the sides . Lightly butter and flour the paper as well.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat place the butter, molasses, honey, water, and brown sugar. Stir to melt the butter. Do not allow to simmer or boil. Once the butter is melted take the pot off the heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Be sure to stir the mixture every so often as the the sugar and fat will form skin on the surface.

Once the butter mixture is at room temperature whisk the eggs, grated ginger, and candied ginger into the molasses mixture. Set aside.

Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Add the flour to the molasses mixture in three or four additions and whisk until it just comes together.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes. Loosely place a piece of foil over the top and bake for another 15 to 25 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack for ten minutes, then lift the cake out of the pan and continue to cool on the rack. You can serve this fresh out of the oven, but the flavor is much better if you give it a day to sit and allow the spices to intensify the cake.