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| THE BEST GINGERBREAD I'VE EVER BAKED |
I love this gingerbread recipe! With a little warm lemon sauce and a daub of whipped cream, today’s challenge gingerbread is easily the best I’ve ever had. With lots of ginger spice, chopped fresh ginger, pepper, and other wonderful ingredients this cake is better than I imagined.
When I first read through the recipe, and when I read through a few Ps and Qs, I imagined a very spicy, as in hot spicy, cake that would be an adult dessert. Then I got out pans the recommended size for baby cakes and they were much larger than what I would term “baby” size, so my mental image was not on target.
I baked the gingerbread as shown in the recipe, but baked it in a pretty bundt pan, putting aside the small pans. Then remembering that my little kiddies who were coming for dinner would not like a hot-spicy cake, I baked a second more traditional gingerbread recipe in what I think of as “baby” size with a seasonal flare, small gingerbread men shapes.
When I first read through the recipe, and when I read through a few Ps and Qs, I imagined a very spicy, as in hot spicy, cake that would be an adult dessert. Then I got out pans the recommended size for baby cakes and they were much larger than what I would term “baby” size, so my mental image was not on target.
I baked the gingerbread as shown in the recipe, but baked it in a pretty bundt pan, putting aside the small pans. Then remembering that my little kiddies who were coming for dinner would not like a hot-spicy cake, I baked a second more traditional gingerbread recipe in what I think of as “baby” size with a seasonal flare, small gingerbread men shapes.
My kiddies loved my small gingerbread men cakelets with lemon sauce and whipped cream. Then I cut into today’s cake and served it to all the adults. Rave reviews! Again this recipe was served with warm lemon sauce and whipped cream and it was heaven. My imagined taste for this cake was very wrong. It was definitely more spicy than the cakelets I served to the kiddies, however I would say there was more wonderful flavor, not a hot or overdone spiciness. I will definitely bake this gingerbread cake again.
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| MY SLICE OF "ADULT" GINGERBREAD WITH WARM LEMON SAUCE AND WHIPPED CREAM...DELISH! |
Hope you all enjoyed this gingerbread as much as we did. Merry Christmas and Happy Baking to everyone.
Both bundt and small gingerbread men are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos--glad they were a hit. Sadly mine were not.
ReplyDeleteHow pretty in a bundt pan :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see these were a hit! (And the baby gingers were too cute)
Your bundt cakes look wonderful. And those little gingerbread cakes....well those are beyond adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the cake.
Lovely little cakelets!
ReplyDeleteGlad your cakes were a hit - unfortunately these were not a hit for me.
That bundt pan is one of the most gorgeous molds I have ever seen! And your gingerbread men are so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love those squee little gingerbread men! So adorable. And you bundt cake looks terrific - a lovely presentation!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Bundt Gingerbread Cake and I just love the idea of baking little gingerbread men, they look fabulous - lemon sauce and whipped cream sounds absolutely perfect with your cakes. So well done!
ReplyDeleteBoth cakes look delicious. I would like to have your recipe for warm lemon sauce if you wouldn't mind sharing it.
ReplyDeleteLove the gingerbread man idea! They look beyond adorable in the Christmas china :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you enjoyed the flavor of this one so much. Your gingerbread cakelets are so cute. Warm lemon sauce mixed with the whipped cream sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteThank you Miss Kris for leaving your lemon sauce recipe on my blog!
ReplyDeleteOh, Krissy, it's so good to have you back and it's nice to see that you are still the crazy woman, filled with energy, feeding your extended family and doing all the fun extra things for your grandchildren. You ARE a wonder and an inspiration. I loved this gingerbread and, as you know, did the mini-bundts, but I have a mold just like yours and think it might be a better way to go. The mini-bundts are sooooo much gingerbread in one sitting. It's taken me three days to just eat one. So I am thinking, as a dessert, that thinner slices might be better. Your cake is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI think the lemon sauce helped make this cake a winner for you. Great job!
ReplyDeleteKris, You’ve jumped right back into the fire!! Love your little gingerbread people…and the lemon sauce sounds scrumptious!! I served mine with whipped cream…yum!
ReplyDeleteThose little g-men look really cute! So glad you liked the cake. It was not a hit in my house.
ReplyDeleteThe bundt is beautiful! The warm lemon sauce sounds devine!
ReplyDeleteThose gingerbread men are so cute!
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