Mary Ball Washington gingerbread from American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes (page 17) by Anne Byrn

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Accompaniments: Modern vanilla sauce

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    Can substitute coffee for brandy.

  • jay.moe on December 26, 2022

    I used a 1/2 cup molasses and a 1/2 cup Lyle's Golden Syrup to keep the molasses from being too strong and omitted the mace and golden raisins. Instead of using a wooden spoon to cream the butter, I used a mixer. The cake had a strong ginger flavor that I liked but my family found a little too strong. Next time I would cut back to 1 1/2 tablespoons.

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