spicy island gingerbread

Ingredients For spicy island gingerbread

• 3/4 c

  dark molasses (in my version i reduced the molasses to 1/2 cup)
• 3/4 c

  dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 c

  butter
• 1/2 c

  ginger beer
• 2 Tbsp

  ginger root, freshly grated
• 2 Tbsp

  crystallized/candied ginger, broken up into little bits
• 2 c

  flour (i subbed pastry flour)
• 1 tsp

  baking powder
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 1/2 tsp

  freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tsp

  ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 2

  eggs, whisked
• 2 Tbsp

  dark rum