Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ina Garten

Recipe courtesy Ina Garten

Show: Dear Food NetworkEpisode: Thanksgiving Desserts

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Total Time:
2 hr 50 min
Prep
30 min
Inactive
1 hr 35 min
Cook
45 min
Yield:
9 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup dark rum or water
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup unsulphured molasses
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/3 cup minced dried crystallized ginger (not in syrup)
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar, optional
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed orange juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.

Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.

Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.

When the cake has cooled, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and pour it onto the gingerbread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to set. Cut the gingerbread into 9 squares.

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  • on December 17, 2011

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    I'm sorry to say, this was a disaster. Ina is usually spot on, but not this time. It was rather sour, dense, and not at all good.

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  • on December 13, 2011

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    I've made this many times. I find that I don't much like the texture of the rasins and crystalized ginger, so I leave those out and put in wallnuts. The gingerbread "cake" is moist and delicious through & through. Skip the glaze and just top it off with whipped cream. My fiance says this dessert is down right sinful it's so good!

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  • on December 09, 2011

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    I have made this recipe time and again and always love it! It's one of my favorite things to have for breakfast with a good cup of coffee. I sometimes leave out the raisins and crystallized ginger if I don't have on hand and it's still excellent.

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