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    Desserts-Cake: Gingerbread Pound Cake

    Source of Recipe

    Holiday Sweets and Treats Vol 1, No. 1

    List of Ingredients

    1 cup unsalted butter
    1 cup sugar
    5 medium eggs
    2 cups flour
    1 teaspoon ground ginger
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1 cup molasses
    1/2 cup sour cream
    sifted powdered sugar

    LEMON SAUCE:
    2 tablespoons cornstarch
    1 cup water
    1 tablespoon butter
    2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
    1/3 cup lemon juice

    Recipe

    Cream butter and gradually add sugar, beating with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and spices. Set aside. Combine molasses and sour cream. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with molasses mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition.

    Grease and flour 10 inch Budnt pan. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 325ºF for 1 hour until toothpick, inserted in center, comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar over cake. Serve with Lemon Sauce if desired. Lemon Sauce: Combine sugar, constarch and water; stir until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring until smooth and thickened. Add butter, lemon rind and juice. Cook until heated through, stirring constantly. Makes 1 1/3 cups.

 

 

 


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