A nutty version of the classic gingerbread that's wonderfully moist and full of flavour. It's spiced with ground ginger and allspice and sweetened with raw sugar and molasses. The earthy toasted hazelnuts complement this tender, robustly flavoured gingerbread perfectly. The use of molasses adds real depth of flavour and creates a slightly sticky exterior that's just irresistible. Enjoy on its own or with custard or a dollop of sweetened whipped cream. You can also take this holiday cake up a notch with this 6-Week Long Maturing Spelt Gingerbread Loaf if you could plan ahead and so you're not trying to do it all at the last minute!
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- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease and flour a 20x10cm loaf pan or line the pan with parchment paper.
- In a small saucepan, combine the butter, raw sugar, molasses, and milk. Bring to the boil, then remove from heat and set aside.
- Sieve the flour, ground hazelnuts, ginger, allspice and baking soda into a large bowl. Stir in the boiled mixture until just blended. Fold the roasted hazelnuts into the batter and pour into the prepared pan.
- Turn down the oven to 160C/320F and bake for about 70 minutes or until the top of the loaf springs back when lightly touched and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
53 comments:
I can almost smell that goodie!
...this is a great Christmas treat!
Awesome recipe, Angie! Love ginger flavor cakes and loaves. So delicious and warming for winters, and Christmas, of course!.
This looks so good!
Looks delisious! Thank you for the recipe.
Gracias por la receta, la haré pronto te mando un beso
Looking good.
Yum what a delicious looking cake-I could change this up with gluten free flour-thanks will save this one
Yum 😀! A holiday treat 😁!
No me imagino nada más rico y navideño, muy jugoso y sabroso.
Bss
What a precious Christmas delight, Angie!
Have a nice day,
MG
looks so fancy bread for Christmast Dear Angie
i like everything with ginger ingredient
have a nice day 😊
It does not look appetizing on the eye, but I bet it tastes like heaven, soft and moist and with them hazelnuts fragrant and comforting.
I'll bet this is extra delicious with the crunch of hazelnuts. Thanks for sharing Angie.
This looks very delicious ;)
This is another recipe I'm printing Angie because a quick gingerbread loaf sounds perfect. It looks delicious in your photos. Happy Sunday!
This is great -- such a neat recipe. Totally perfect for the holidays. Speaking of which, I hope your holidays are wonderful!
This cake looks incredible, I must put it on my to-do list!
Ooo this looks fantastic - beautiful, moist and decadent texture and great flavours. Loving the fact, it doesn't appear to be too sweet as many other Gingerbread recipes.
Se siente tentadora!
Gracias Angie!!
🙏🌼
It smells like Christmas!!....I can imagine it with a warm tea....totally in heaven!!.....Abrazotes, Marcela
It must smell and taste heavenly. The loaf looked so good and delicious!
Perfetto per le feste, un bellissimo dolce!!!
Oh my! It looks so delicious. Wish I could get a piece. Yumz.
The colour and texture of the cake looks so rich. Perfect cake for the season :)
It will be great cake for Christmas :)
This looks so delicious! Perfect for the season
Julia x
https://www.thevelvetrunway.com/
Absolutely festive, looks delicious.. am loving this loaf, would love to have with a cup of warm milk :)
In advance, Happy Christmas wishes to you, Angie!!
Oh that looks real delish ♥
Ann
https://roomsofinspiration.blogspot.com/
Oh this looks so decadent. Yum
I love the combination of chocolate and hazelnuts and the texture of this loaf looks so perfectly moist!
So yummy
I love the deep color and the use of molasses. And I adore hazelnuts. This loaf is a winner!
Looks delicious and yummy with chocolate and hazelmut, sure snell good too. Have a lovely day.
This gingerbread looks absolutely delicious and the addition of hazelnuts sounds really good.
I love gingerbread and yours looks so rich and lovely
OMG! This looks and sounds amazing - and it will be all for me, as hubbie doesn't like ginger! :)
I did have to double check, but here in the UK, we know molasses as black treacle and it is something I haven't tasted since I was a child, when Mum used to bake with it a lot.
The nuts are always a good added option for me too, so it's a winner all round and thanks for sharing! :)
First time I visited this blog :) I must to say that this recipe for cake is very fantastic :) Im my opinion this cake is very ideal for Christmas :) I really like to eat cakes with nuts :) Often I do these cakes, especially for Christmas:)
Best regards and have a nice day,
Patryk
Que festivo.
Se ve perfecto :-)))
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The depth of color is fabulous and I bet this smelled fantastic baking we love the fall spices. beautiful loaf!
I adore baked goods with ginger and this loaf looks so moist and irresistible!!!
What beautiful gingerbread loaf dear Angie, I made some loafs too!!
hugs for you
Ingredients look very healthy! I love it.
It looks and sounds wonderful!
This looks really moist which is what I like in loaves
this cake looks delicious
This does look wonderfully moist and quite delicious. Looks very rich but not too rich for my blood.
Che bel pane, chissà che buono!
I love gingerbread cookies and things, Angie! This looks delicious and so perfect for Christmas Day brunch! 🎄💖
I'm drooling over this one. It looks rich, moist, and delicious. What a perfect holiday loaf- Wishing you a wonderful holiday
That does look good.
Many thanks for sharing the recipe.
All the best Jan
Always up for a quick bread and your gingerbread sounds fabulous.
Fabulous nutty version of gingerbread loaf!
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