White Gingerbread

Name: White Gingerbread
Ingredients: cooking spray; 13 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 12 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger; 12 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 ounce crystallized ginger, chopped; 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar or 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon

13 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

cooking spray
13 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
12 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
12 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ounce crystallized ginger, chopped
1 teaspoon turbinado sugar or 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
14 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350F Coat an 11-by-7-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2

Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
3

Beat in eggs and vanilla, ground and fresh ginger, and cardamom.
4

Sift together flour and baking powder.
5

Add to butter mixture and beat well.
6

Scrape into prepared pan.
7

Sprinkle crystallized ginger pieces over batter.
8

Combine turbinado sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over batter.
9

Bake 25 to 35 minutes.
10

The cake will be chewy, golden and fragrant and an inserted toothpick will test clean.
11

Variation: Place thin slices of a peeled apple over cake, along with crystallized ginger, before sprinkling with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.