This favorite old-fashioned gingerbread recipe comes together quickly with nostalgic molasses and warm spices. It's moist, soft, and lightly spiced.
In the 1700s, Amelia Simmons’ cookbook American Cookery showcased seven recipes for gingerbread; one of them being “soft gingerbread baked in pans.” This is the first written recipe for cakey, American-style gingerbread. The list of spices needed for this cake may look a bit lengthy.
Moist, spicy, smelling of ginger, molasses and cinnamon, this gingerbread is the one we all remember.
Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly as crisp as a ginger snap. [1]
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This classic old-fashioned gingerbread is a treasured old family recipe from my Great Grammie Alice. It's soft, moist and perfectly spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and molasses.
This gingerbread recipe is wonderfully simple—mixed by hand and ready in just 10 minutes. Serve it with a dusting of powdered sugar, a dollop of sweetened whipped cream, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.