ORANGE
GINGERBREAD
(with glaze on top)
1 c
orange juice
rind of 1 orange
1 c molasses
1 c butter/margarine
1 c brown sugar
3 eggs,
2 1/2 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp
allspice
2 tsp ginger
GLAZE
1 1/2 c
icing sugar
enough orange juice to make
it pour
In blender, blend orange juice and rind til rind is ground up. In
saucepan, melt butter,
add brown sugar and molasses, pour in orange juice mixture and heat
until sugar
is dissolved - don't let it boil. Cool, then beat in eggs.
Mix and sift dry
ingredients over wet ones, stirring only til blended. Pour into
large cake pan about
9 x 13 ", and bake at 325 F for about an hour. While it's
baking make a sugar
glaze of icing sugar and enough orange juice to make it pour easily
but not too beaten
thin.
When the gingerbread comes out of the oven pour the glaze over it
while it is
hot and spread it evenly. Let the gingerbread cool on a rack in
the pan.
Serve with whipped cream or ice cream as a dessert or with a cup of
tea anytime.
It's a big cake but won't last long. ( I just eat it as is. Barb)
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