Best Lafayette Ginger Cake Recipes
LAFAYETTE GINGERBREAD
Provided by George Washington's Mount Vernon
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch-square cake pan. In the bowl of an electric mixer, or in a large bowl beating by hand, combine the butter and brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the molasses, and continue to beat until well combined. Sift the flour with the ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Alternately add the eggs and flour to the butter mixture, beating very well after each addition. Add the orange juice and zest, and continue beating for several minutes until the batter is smooth and light. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Set the cake on a rack to cool completely in the pan before slicing. Serve squares of the cake spread with Fairy Butter, if desired.
LAFAYETTE GINGER CAKE
This is frosted with a strawberry cheese frosting. This recipe is from an old Ladies Home Journal Dessert cookbook.
Provided by sweetcakes
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Heat the molasses, butter, sugar, milk, and coffee until sugar is dissolved.
- Sift the flour, spices, and cream of tartar together.
- Beat the eggs until extremely thick.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture alternately with the eggs.
- Add the soda to the last addition of flour.
- Next add the orange juice and rind.
- Mix and pour into a 13x9x2-inch pan lined on the bottom with wax paper.
- Sprinkle with crystallized ginger and bake in a 350* oven for about 40 minutes.
- Cool and frost.
- Frosting:.
- Moisten the cheese with a little cream or sourcream.
- Blend in the sugar.
- Spread cake with jam and cover with the cheese mixture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 225.7, Fat 8.1, SaturatedFat 4.6, Cholesterol 44.5, Sodium 138.2, Carbohydrate 35.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 17.9, Protein 3.3
GENERAL LAFAYETTE GINGERBREAD
Just in time for Christmas! While spending most of last week and this week in bed nursing a cold, I have been reading through the stacks of old recipe's from magazines and newspapers that my mom has. I have found many I want to eventually try, however, I could not wait to get this one posted. The clipping said the gingerbread was served by the mother of George Washington to General Lafayette in the 1780's and, he liked it so much, she named it for him. After looking at the ingredients I was intrigued. The image is not mine.
Provided by Shelia Senghas @earthbaker
Categories Other Breakfast
Number Of Ingredients 1
Steps:
- 1/4 lb. butter, softened 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1 cup unsulphured molasses 3 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tbsp. ground ginger 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. ground mace 1 tsp. ground nutmeg 1 tsp. baking soda 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup fresh orange juice 1 tbsp. grated orange zest 1 cup raisins
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Stir in molasses, then beat in eggs one at a time. Sift flour, ginger, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, and baking soda into a medium bowl. Combine buttermilk, orange juice and zest, and raisins in another bowl. Beat flour mixture into creamed mixture one-third at a time, alternating with buttermilk mixture. 2. Pour batter into a greased, floured 9" × 13" baking pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.
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