Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Name: Old-Fashioned Gingerbread
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups, sifted all-purpose unbleached flour (11 1/4 ounces), plus more for dusting pan; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 2 teaspoons, ground ginger; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1 teaspoon, Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted, then cooled to room temperature; 3/4 cup, mild molasses; 3/4 cup, granulated sugar (5 1/4 ounces); 1 , large egg; 1/2 cup, buttermilk; 1/2 cup, milk

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1995

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

SERVES8

TIME1½ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In our old-fashioned gingerbread recipe, we used milk rather than hot water (which many recipes call for) for a richer, moister cake. We sweetened our gingerbread recipe with a combination of light unsulfured molasses and white sugar, and u...

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