Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Course :	Cakes
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	4 - 6

Ingredients:

4	ounces	sweet butter
1/2	cup	light or dark brown sugar
1/2	cup	molasses -- cane syrup or black treacle*
2	large	eggs
1 1/2	cups	all-purpose flour
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
1	tablespoon	ground ginger -- or to taste
1	teaspoon	cinnamon
1/2	teaspoon	cloves
1/2	teaspoon	allspice
2	teaspoons	vanilla extract -- or lemon brandy
1/2	cup	buttermilk

Preparation:

Cream butter and brown sugar. Beat until fluffy and add molasses. Beat in eggs. Add dry ingredients, then vanilla and buttermilk. Turn into a buttered cake pan and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for between 20 and 30 minutes. (Check after 20.) This is just one of many recipes that I love. Like Laurie Colwin, I am a mad sucker for English cookbooks and I now have more gingerbread recipes than I could possibly make in one lifetime. But this recipe is a great "all-purpose" gingerbread. It's also really good with chocolate icing as long as you use a fairly bittersweet recip

Nutritional Information:

1355 Calories (kcal); 13g Total Fat; (8% calories from fat); 35g Protein; 272g Carbohydrate; 378mg Cholesterol; 939mg Sodium