Spicy Island Gingerbread
By
C G
@Celestina9000
15
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Ingredients
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3/4 cdark molasses (in my version i reduced the molasses to 1/2 cup)
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3/4 cdark brown sugar, packed
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1/2 cbutter
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1/2 cginger beer
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2 Tbspginger root, freshly grated
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2 Tbspcrystallized/candied ginger, broken up into little bits
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2 cflour (i subbed pastry flour)
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspfreshly grated nutmeg
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1 tspground ginger
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1/2 tspsalt
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2eggs, whisked
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2 Tbspdark rum
How to Make Spicy Island Gingerbread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 or 9-inch pan and cover the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
- Combine the first six ingredients in a large saucepan. Stir over LOW heat until the butter melts, then set aside to cool.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and the spices.
- Stir the eggs and dark rum into the cooled molasses mixture followed by the flour. Mix.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.