Ronnie's Notes
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.
And, when life gives you fresh ginger, you make ginger cake (to go with ginger tea of course).
I’ve been using Instacart to get groceries recently because of the stay-at-home and social distancing Ed and I are following strictly. This delivery service has been excellent and I am incredibly grateful to the men and women who have shopped for us and delivered everything to our front door.
So first, bravo and thank you to them.
There have been some mistakes, none really worth talking about, but one that I found amusing.
Instructions
First of all, I love ginger steeped in near-boiling water for tea.
I’ve been drinking a lot of that recently.
It’s healthy and a perfect way to stay hydrated too.
And of course, to go with the tea: cake.
Like gingerbread.
Except I didn’t have enough molasses so I used a mixture of date honey and regular honey.
And I used fresh ginger instead of dried.
Perfect.
This cake is milder than traditional gingerbread (because of the missing molasses), yet with the familiar heat because fresh ginger has a bit of a bite.
Would have loved some whipped cream, but alas, no cream in the house. 3/4 cup butter 3/4 cup date syrup (silan) (or use molasses) 1/4 cup honey (or use molasses) 1/2 cup brown sugar 3 cups all-purpose flour· 2-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg 1/4 cup grated fresh ginger 2 large eggs 1/3 cup milk Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a 9”x9” cake pan.
Place the butter, date syrup, honey and brown sugar in a saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until the butter has melted.
Stir to blend ingredients thoroughly.
Set aside to cool.
Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together.
Pour the date liquid mixture over the flour mixture and beat the ingredients to blend them thoroughly.
Add the ginger and eggs and beat them in.
Pour in the milk and mix until the batter is smooth.
Pour the batter into the pan.
Bake for or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.