Gingerbread cake is a moist spiced cake. This particular recipe is soft, tender and full of spice aroma of christmas. This healthy gingerbread can be baked for christmas.
½cupBrown Sugar (100 grams packed, I used powdered jaggery)
½+¼Water (180 ml)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 160 degree C. Line a 20 cm square baking pan with parchment paper and grease it well with oil. Set aside.
In a sauce pan, take ½ cup of water and bring it to a boil. Take it off the heat and add in honey and mix well. Now add in baking soda and mix well. Now add in ¼ cup of water and mix well. Set aside so it gets cold.
Now In another bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and mix well. Set aside.
In another bowl, take oil, jaggery or brown sugar and mix well. Add in egg and whisk well.
Now add in half of the flour mix in and fold gently. Now add in all the honey mix and mix well.Add in the remaining flour and mix well.
The batter will be very runny. Pour this batter in the cake pan and bake this for 40 to 45 mins till a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
Now remove it from oven and cool it down completely.
Now unmould it and peel off the parchment paper.
Slice into squares and enjoy..
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Notes
The Batter for gingerbread has to be runny. Runny batter will make the cake so moist and soft.
The spices which i used is purely optional. you can add more or less as per your preference.
Oil can be used for melted butter.
Never over mix your batter, else cake may turn dense.
Brown sugar can be substituted for jaggery.
Honey can be substituted for treacle, golden syrup.