Lafayette ginger bread (en)
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Fresh butter |
| ⅔ | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | West India molasses |
| ½ | cup | Warm milk |
| 2 | tablespoons | Powdered ginger |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon heaping |
| 1 | teaspoon | Mace heaping |
| 1 | teaspoon | Nutmeg heaping |
| 1 | Wine glass of brandy (or coffee) | |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 3 | cups | Flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cream of tartar |
| Juice and grated rind of 1 large orange | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| A little warm water | ||
| 1 | cup | Seeded raisins (Zante Currants) |
Directions
Cut up in a pan ½ cup of the very best fresh butter with ⅔ cup of excellent brown sugar, beat to a cream with a paddle. Add one cup of West India molasses and ½ cup of warm milk; 2 tablespoons of powdered ginger and 1 heaping teaspoon of cinnamon, mace and nutmeg powdered and mixed; 1 wine glass of brandy (or coffee). Beat 3 eggs until very light and thick; 3 cups of flour and one teaspoon cream of tartar sifted with flour and stirred alternately with the beaten eggs into the batter. Last mix in the juice and grated rind of 1 large orange. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of soda in a little warm water, and stir in. Beat until very light. A cup full of seeded raisins. Bake in a loaf, sheet or patty pans, in a moderate oven.
Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved NOTES : (courtesy of Vivian Minor Fleming) Recipe by: TVFN:ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL SHOW #EN0096 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #694 by Kathy Meade <kmeade@...> on Jul 27, 1997