“Last minute” gingerbreadbecause this is how this cake is often referred to, can be prepared even on Christmas Eve. For many people, this is an absolute sure thing for the holidays and it always works. To make it, you need simple ingredients, and the preparation process itself is very simple. The effect will delight everyone. How to prepare quick gingerbread for Christmas?
Many people give up preparing gingerbread for the holidays due to the need to prepare the dough in advance, which must mature for a sufficiently long time. Fortunately, there is a simple and delicious solution that tastes just like old Polish gingerbread.
This is the so-called “last minute” gingerbread, which can be prepared even just before Christmas. It is simple and quick to prepare, and yet it turns out soft and ultra-moist, which makes it suitable for absolutely everyone. Once prepared, it will certainly be included in the traditional holiday menu for your entire family.
Preparing the dough is very quick and requires only combining the ingredients with a spoon. The secret addition is plum jam, which, interestingly, can be replaced with a spoon of mayonnaise. Thanks to this, the baked goods will be fluffy and moist, just as gingerbread should be.
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The ingredients needed to prepare the gingerbread dough should be at room temperature. Connecting them is extremely simple and takes about 10 minutes. The list of products needed is as follows:
- 3 cups of wheat flour
- ½ cup of sugar
- 1 cup
- 2/3 stick of butter
- 3 eggs
- 4 tablespoons of buckwheat honey
- 4 tablespoons of plum jam (you can replace it with a tablespoon of mayonnaise)
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- 1 gingerbread spice
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- Sun
Ingredients needed for decoration:
- 1 ½ bars of worse chocolate
- 2 tablespoons of whipping cream 30%
- 3 tablespoons of flaked almonds or chocolate chips
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Start preparing last minute gingerbread with dry ingredients. To do this, sift the flour into a bowl, add gingerbread spice, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and a pinch of salt. Mix everything together with a spoon.
Then move on to the wet ingredients. So melt the butter and leave it to cool. Meanwhile, crack the eggs into another bowl and add milk, honey and jam. Don’t forget to add the cooled butter as well. Mix everything until the ingredients are evenly combined. Then combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until a uniform mass is formed.
Line a cake tin with paper and pour in the prepared dough. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius using the top-bottom option, without convection, and put the gingerbread in for 50 minutes. or until the stick is dry. Leave the baked cake in the turned off oven for about 10 minutes with the door ajar. Then remove it from the mold and leave it to cool.
Meanwhile, prepare the icing. Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Add the cream to it and mix until a uniform mass is obtained. Pour the icing over the gingerbread and then sprinkle it with almonds, chocolate shavings or other additions. Tasty last minute gingerbread for the holidays is ready. Enjoy your meal!
