spicy island gingerbread

Name: Spicy Island Gingerbread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) dark molasses (in my version i reduced the molasses to 1/2 cup); 3/4 cup(s) dark brown sugar, packed; 1/2 cup(s) butter; 1/2 cup(s) ginger beer; 2 tablespoon(s) ginger root, freshly grated; 2 tablespoon(s) crystallized/candied ginger, broken up into little bits; 2 cup(s) flour (i subbed pastry flour); 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) freshly grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon(s) ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 - eggs, whisked; 2 tablespoon(s) dark rum

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Vallèe du Willamette, OR

Updated on Jun 24, 2016

Warning: you really must love ginger to appreciate this bread recipe as it contains four forms of ginger: fresh, dried, crystallized and ginger beer (I tested with Reed's™ Ginger Brew)! C/O 'An Embarrassment of Mangoes'. Recipe intro from the book: "It's a dark, almost chocolatey-looking cake, very moist and not too sweet...really spicy, almost hot kick." You most certainly can reduce the amount of the various types of ginger in the recipe.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 40 Min

method Bake

yield about 20 squares

Ingredients

3/4 cup dark molasses (in my version i reduced the molasses to 1/2 cup)
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup ginger beer
2 tablespoons ginger root, freshly grated
2 tablespoons crystallized/candied ginger, broken up into little bits
2 cups flour (i subbed pastry flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 - eggs, whisked
2 tablespoons dark rum

How To Make spicy island gingerbread

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 or 9-inch pan and cover the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.

Step 2

Combine the first six ingredients in a large saucepan. Stir over LOW heat until the butter melts, then set aside to cool.
Step 3

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and the spices.
Step 4

Stir the eggs and dark rum into the cooled molasses mixture followed by the flour. Mix.
Step 5

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.
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