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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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[[Image:Gingerbread.jpg|thumb|300px|Gingerbread]]
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Gingerbread <ref>{{cite book|last=Benoit|first=Madame |title=Cooks at Home |year=1987|publisher=Les Éditions Héritage Inc.|isbn=2762558972|pages=217-218}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Gingerbread-Cake |title=Taste of Home |year=2002|pages=41|publisher=Taste of Home|work=}}</ref> is normally in the form of a cake or cookie dessert.
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This sweet [[dates]] back to the Middle Ages, when fair ladies presented the rather hard, honey-spice bread as a favor to dashing knights going into tournament battle. In those days, gingerbread was intricately shaped and decorated, sometimes with gold leaf. Today, gingerbread generally refers to one of two desserts. It can be a dense, ginger-spiced cookie flavored with [[molasses]] or honey and cut into fanciful shapes (such as the popular gingerbread man). Or, particularly in the United States, it can describe a dark, moist cake flavored with [[molasses]], [[ginger]] and other spices. This gingerbread cake is usually baked in a square pan and often topped with [[lemon]] sauce or [[whipped cream]].
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== Ingredients ==
 
== Ingredients ==
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* 250 g [[treacle]] or [[honey]]
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* 50 g [[butter]]
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* 1/3 cup shortening
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* 100 g [[granulated sugar|sugar]]
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* 1/2 cup sugar
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* 400 – 500 g [[flour]]
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* 1 egg
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* [[salt]] (according to your taste)
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* 3/4 cup water
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* 2 tsp gingerbread spices ([[cinnamon]], [[clove]], [[cardamom]], [[ginger]], and [[nutmeg]])
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* 1/2 cup molasses
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* 1 [[egg]]
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* 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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* 2 tsp [[baking powder]]
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* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
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* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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* 1/4 teaspoon salt
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* Whipped topping
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== Directions ==
 
== Directions ==
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# Cook the [[treacle]], [[granulated sugar|sugar]], and [[butter]] to boil, while stirring constantly.
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Combine cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg. Then add in the water and molasses. Finally add the flour, ginger, baking soda and salt; beat well after each addition. Smooth into a greased 8" square (traditional) baking pan. Slide into a 350 degree F oven for ~30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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# Add the gingerbread spices and cool it by beating.
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(optional) To serve with a whipped cream topping.
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# Add whisked [[egg]] and [[flour]] mixed with [[baking powder]].
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# Knead the mixture into solid dough.
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# Keep it in a cool place.
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==References==
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# Roll the dough.
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# Butter the baking sheet, mould cakes and put them on the sheet.
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# Bake it in pre-heated oven.
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[[North American cuisine]]
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# Serving: decorate after cooling if you wish.
 
  
 
[[Category:Cardamom Recipes]]
 
[[Category:Cardamom Recipes]]

Revision as of 12:10, 5 April 2012

Description

Gingerbread [1][2] is normally in the form of a cake or cookie dessert.


Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Whipped topping


Directions

Combine cream shortening and sugar, beat in egg. Then add in the water and molasses. Finally add the flour, ginger, baking soda and salt; beat well after each addition. Smooth into a greased 8" square (traditional) baking pan. Slide into a 350 degree F oven for ~30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. (optional) To serve with a whipped cream topping.


References

  1. ↑ Benoit, Madame (1987). Cooks at Home. Les Éditions Héritage Inc.. pp. 217-218. ISBN 2762558972. 
  2. ↑ Taste of Home. Taste of Home. 2002. pp. 41. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Gingerbread-Cake. 

North American cuisine

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