Moosehead Gingerbread

Name: Moosehead Gingerbread
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 cup boiling water; 1 tablespoon instant espresso crystals; 1 cup unsulfured molasses; 2 eggs; ½ cup dark brown sugar; ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper; ½ teaspoon dry mustard; ¼ cup dry bread crumbs; ¼ cup chopped crystallized ginger; 9 tablespoons butter; ½ teaspoons ground ginger; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2½ cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; ¼ cup Cognac or brandy; ¼ cup Cognac or brandy

Preparation info

Serves
9 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thanksgiving Dinner

By Anthony Dias Blue and Kathryn K. Blue

Published 1994

About

If there’s a way to improve on this traditional New England cake we haven’t found it. This is the gingerbread we all dreamed of as children and have only rarely tasted. It is moist, spicy, and loaded with flavor. Great on its own, this is also a fine base for the Gingerbread Bread Pudding.

Ingredients

9 tablespoons butter
¼ cup dry bread crumbs
¼ cup

Europe
Americas
United Kingdom
United States
Dessert
Dinner
New England
Spicy
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch square pan with 1 tablespoon of butter. Dust with the bread crumbs and tap out any excess.
In a small bowl, soak the crystallized ginger in the Cognac. Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamo