{"id":646,"date":"2008-12-29T08:43:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T12:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2008-12-29T08:43:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T12:43:03","slug":"old-fashioned-gingerbread-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"Old Fashioned Gingerbread ~ Gluten-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another favorite dessert I enjoyed as a child was Gingerbread or Gingerbread Cake. I haven’t had this in years, so I decided that it was high time to make it gluten-free. I took a recipe from allrecipes.com and converted it to be gluten-free. It was a fairly simple recipe and not very time consuming at all. Not only did I sub GF flour, but I cut the butter in half and added in 1\/4 cup applesauce, I also doubled the spices. I am only typing out the recipe as I made the cake below.<\/p>\n

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\nGingerbread<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup sugar
\n1\/4 cup butter
\n1\/4 cup applesauce
\n1 egg
\n1 cup molasses
\n2 1\/2 cups all purpose flour (I used Bette’s 4 Flour Blend by Authentic Foods<\/a>)
\n1 1\/4 tsp Xanthan Gum
\n1 1\/2 tsp baking soda
\n2 tsp cinnamon
\n2 tsp ginger
\n1\/2 tsp cloves
\n1\/2 tsp salt
\n1 cup hot water<\/p>\n

1. Preheat oven to 350. Pam or grease & flour a 9-inch square pan.
\n2. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Add in the applesauce. Beat in the egg and mix in the molasses.
\n3. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, spices, xanthan gum. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
\n4. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven. Check after 45 minutes or so, as I didn’t have to cook mine longer than 50 minutes. Allow to cool in pan before serving.<\/p>\n

I flipped my cake onto a plate after it cooled and topped with powdered sugar. I served it with Cool Whip.<\/p>\n

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