Overview

A soft Gingerbread loaf/cake. Strong spice and molasses flavors good with cream cheese icing.

Original recipe for 1 9" square pan
Favorite Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup molasses (not blackstrap)
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F, Grease and flour pan(s)

1. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy ~3min.
3. Mix in Egg
4. Mix in Molasses until smooth.
5. Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl, Flour, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Salt
6. Gradually add dry mix into wet mix a little at a time fully mixing between until all dry mix is fully incorporated and mixture is smooth.
7. Pour into prepared pan(s)
8. Bake until a toothpick in the center comes out clean, if using a 9" square pan about 30 minutes adjust time for pan size (smaller = less time)

Optional
Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting