Ginger Cake

Name: Ginger Cake
Yield: 1 sheet, 12 × 16¾ inches (30 × 40 × 2 cm)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (12 g) ground ginger; 2 teaspoons (8 g) baking soda; ½ teaspoon (2.5 g) salt; ½ teaspoon (1 g) ground cloves; 8 ounces (225 g) bread flour; 8 ounces (225 g) cake flour; 1½ ounces (40 g) crystallized ginger, minced; 8 ounces (225 g) honey; 1 cup (240 g) boiling water; 7 ounces (200 g) brown sugar; 8 ounces (225 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 pound (445 g) dark molasses; 2 eggs, at room temperature

Preparation info

1 sheet

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

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Ingredients

8 ounces (225 g) cake flour
8 ounces (225

Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Sift together the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cloves, and salt.
Using the paddle attachment on the mixer, cream the butter until it is light and fluffy. Add the brown sugar and beat until the mixture is smooth. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Add the molasses and the honey, beating until the in