Moms Gingerbread With Lemon Sauce Recipes

GINGERBREAD CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease and lightly flour a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Whisk flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and Chinese five-spice powder in a bowl.
• Stir sugar, molasses, oil, and egg into flour mixture until just combined.
• Pour in boiling water and whisk until the batter is smooth and shiny, about 1 minute.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Tap pan gently on the counter to remove any air bubbles.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
• Mix powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a bowl until sugar dissolves.
• Pour lemon juice mixture over cake while cake is still hot. Spread the mixture around with a spatula to ensure even distribution. Let cake cool completely before serving.

SOUTHERN GINGERBREAD WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Combine butter, shortening, brown sugar, molasses, and eggs; beat well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• 2. Combine flour and the next 6 ingredients; stir well. Add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture, stirring well. Stir in the boiling water.
• 3. Pour the batter into a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• 4. For the sauce, combine the sugar and beaten egg in the top of a double boiler, and stir well. Add the butter boiling water, and lemon juice, and stir well. Bring water in the bottom of the double boiler to a boil; reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened. Serve cake with warm lemon sauce.

MOM'S GINGERBREAD WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 8" or 9" square pan with Pan Release or non-stick spray. Line bottom of pan with parchment if you will wish to turn out cake onto a serving plate.
• Sift together all dry ingredients; set aside.
• Combine hot water, molasses, fresh ginger, and vanilla, in 2 cup measuring pitcher; set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar in large mixer bowl. Add egg, beat well.
• Alternately add dry ingredients and molasses mixture to creamed mixture; stir until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350°F. for 45 to 50 minutes, until the center tests clean with a toothpick and springs back to a light touch, and the cake is just starting to pull away from the edges of the pan. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.
• Cool before serving; serve with lemon sauce or lemon curd.
• LEMON SAUCE:.
• Cream sugar and butter together in top of a double boiler. Stir in egg. Place over simmering water. Whisk until smooth and glossy. Remove from heat; whisk in lemon rind and juice. Serve warm over Gingerbread.

GINGERBREAD WITH LEMON SAUCE AND WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat gingerbread ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, mix 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the cornstarch. Gradually stir in 3/4 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining lemon sauce ingredients. Serve warm or cool.
• In chilled medium bowl, beat sweetened whipped cream ingredients on high speed until soft peaks form. Serve lemon sauce and sweetened whipped cream with warm gingerbread.

GINGERBREAD WITH WARM LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare a square baking pan. Spray with cooking spray and flour it just a bit. Mix sugar, Crisco (or butter) and molasses together. In a separate bowl, mix flour and spices together. Then mix all together and blend in the black coffee which has baking soda in it. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, and bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
• 2. Lemon Sauce 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons cornstarch ½ cup lemon juice In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Stir well. Gradually whisk or stir in the lemon juice and add 2-1/2 cups water. Over medium heat, bring to a boil. Reduce heat when boiling, and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened and clear..... about 2-3 minutes or so. Remove from heat, and serve warm (best) or cold, if you prefer, over the gingerbread. (If you desire, you can grate about 1 teaspoon of lemon rind and stir into sauce for a little extra zing!)