Ingredients
1 cup Crispin Lansdowne Irish Stout Yeast unfiltered hard cider
1 cup molasses
1.5 tsp. baking soda
3 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packaged dark brown sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. ground ginger
1.5 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
1 Tbsp. grated, peeled ginger root
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Butter and flour a 6-cup Bundt pan. In a large saucepan over high heat, combine the Crispin and molasses and bring to a boil. - Turn off the heat and add the baking soda. -Allow to sit until the foam dissipates.
- In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and both sugars.
- Whisk in the oil
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, baking poser, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cardamom
- Combine the Crispin mixture with the egg mixture, then whisk this liquid into the flour mixture, half at a time.
- Add the fresh ginger and stir to combine
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour, or until the top springs back when gently pressed
- Do not open the oven until the gingerbread is almost done, or the center may fall slightly
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool before inverting out of the pan
- Add a pinch of powdered sugar or a drizzle of creme anglaise to top it off