Gramercy Tavern Gingerbread Cake Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oatmeal stout or Guinness stout
  • 1 cup dark molasses (not blackstrap - I used Grandma's 'Robust' Green label)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • Pinch of ground cardamom
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
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  • Needed: a 10-inch (10- to 12-cup) bundt pan
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  • Confectioners sugar for dusting
  • To Go With: Unsweetened whipped cream

Description

The Use Of Leavening In A Cake Is First Recorded In A Recipe For Gingerbread From Amelia Simmons's American Cookery, Published In Hartford In 1796; I Guess You Could Say It Is The Original Great American Cake. Early-19th-century Cookbooks Included As Many

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