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Gingerbread

Name: Gingerbread
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 4 min
Yield: 1 Gingerbread
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125 g honey; 60 g brown sugar; 125 g flour; 125 g rye flour; 10 g baking powder; 60 g butter; 1 tablespoon rum; 1 pinch salt; 100 ml water; 1 egg; 12 g gingerbread spice mix

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Duration

1 hour 5 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 12^th 2026

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For 1 Gingerbread, you will need:

1 125 g honey
2 60 g brown sugar
3 125 g flour
4 125 g rye flour
5 10 g baking powder
6 60 g butter
7 1 tablespoon rum
8 1 pinch salt
9 100 ml water
10 1 egg
11 12 g gingerbread spice mix
Total weight: 685 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 5 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Melt 60 g butter in a small pan on low heat, then set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.

In another pan, put 125 g honey.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Heat 100 ml water and pour into pan with honey. Add 60 g brown sugar, mix well to dissolve, and add 1 tablespoon rum and a pinch of salt.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour this mixture into a food processor bowl, then add 125 g flour, 125 g rye flour and 10 g baking powder.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 12 g gingerbread spice mix.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Then 1 egg and melted butter, not too hot.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Switch on food processor (if you have a Kenwood, use the "K" Beater) and knead at slow speed 2 or 3 minutes, until mix is homogeneous.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour mixture into a cake mould, non-stick if possible.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 40 min.

Cook for about 40 minutes.

Don't turn out immediately, but allow cool slightly first.

Remarks

Afficionados of ginger bread (like Robert) say that it's better not too fresh (the next day maybe), sliced and buttered.

Keeping: Several days in a towel bag.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=6 %	36 g RDI=14 %	23 g RDI=31 %	372 kcal RDI=19 %	1,558 kJ RDI=19 %
Whole recipe	28 g RDI=43 %	247 g RDI=93 %	154 g RDI=212 %	2,535 kcal RDI=127 %	10,612 kJ RDI=127 %