Honey Gingerbread

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Other Breakfast, Cakes, Sweet Breads, Other Snacks, Healthy
Serves:	18
Prep Time:	5 Min
Cook Time:	35 Min

Ingredients

1/2 c	honey
1/2 c	brown sugar(i use succanat or turbinado)
1 c	plain yogurt
1/4 c	oil(i use light olive, grapeseed or coconut oil)
1 tsp	vanilla
2 1/2 c	flour(i used a combination of oat flour and spelt flour to make this a whole-grain treat. you could also use ap or a combo of ap and whole wheat.)
1 1/2 tsp	baking soda
1/2 tsp	sea salt
1 1/2 tsp	ginger
1/2 tsp	pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp	cinnamon
	optional toppings: whipped cream, powdered sugar, confectioners glaze or caramel glaze(see my caramel applesauce bars for recipe)

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cindy sandberg

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cindy's Notes:

I was hungry for gingerbread and didn't have any molasses. I decided to see if I could adapt a recipe and come up with something that still tasted like gingerbread without the molasses. This turned out really good. A purist may miss the molasses, but we didn't! This was dark and fragrant with spices and sweetened perfectly with honey and natural brown sugar! This cake is super moist due to the yogurt in the batter. I've replaced the ap flour with whole grain flours, so, it's pretty healthy, too, as far as treats go!

Directions

Preheat oven to 375F. Combine the honey, sugar, yogurt, oil and vanilla. In another bowl whisk together the flour(s), baking soda, salt and spices. Add the dry to the wet and mix well. Pour into greased loaf pan or 8 in square pan. Bake 30-45 min. (depending on pan size) until cake tests clean with a toothpick. Cool in pan on wire rack and top with topping of choice. Pictured is caramel glaze with gingerbread man sprinkles!

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cindy sandberg cindyLs

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Alice Bowers momsgarden

May 29, 2012

Cindy, your recipe made my mouth water just thinking about gingerbread. When I was expecting my first baby I would eat a box of "ginger snaps" and milk. Not sure if that is the correct name, that was 50+ years ago. LOL.............but I still like the taste of ginger, put a slice in my green tea each day.

cindy sandberg cindyLs

May 29, 2012

Isn't it funny how so many memories are tied to tastes and smells? I like ginger too..sometimes I put a few slices of ginger and some slices of lemon in a pitcher of water to keep in the fridge...so refreshing!

gaynel mohler gaynel

May 29, 2012

I love ginger too, is probably why I love asian dishes. I know it is good for you. this cake looks yummy. saved

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cindy sandberg cindyLs

May 30, 2012

Thanks, ladies!

Laurie Sanders rhinemaidens3

Jun 1, 2012

This looks delicious! I may have to make gingerbread this weekend. It is always best warm with whipped cream!

cindy sandberg cindyLs

Jun 1, 2012

Oh, yes...and homemade whipped cream is the BEST! True comfort food!

Margie Barbieri mlbdolly424

Jun 1, 2012

Cindy, don't you need to use X-GUM OR GUAR GUM with oat and spelt flour?? I use oat flour a lot but have never used spelt flour.

I am going to give this one a try real soon.

cindy sandberg cindyLs

Jun 1, 2012

No, you don't need any of the gums. Spelt is actually an ancient form of wheat and bakes pretty much like wheat. If you have celiac and eat gluten free the spelt wouldn't be for you...it does have gluten. People who are wheat-sensitive(but not celiac) can often eat spelt, however. I use oat flour ALL the time, but have only recently started experimenting with the spelt. I never use any gums with the oat flour either. It doesn't work in breads, but in cakes, muffins and the like I often use oat flour in place of ALL the AP flour in a recipe and it works beautifully. I add a tad more baking powder is all. My family never even notices that I've done anything different and it's so much better for them, being 100% whole grain. I'm sure this cake would work great with just oat flour.

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