Moist Ginger Bread – Mix-n-Bake recipe for 2 Ginger Bread loaves as 1 is simply not enough ! Moist, soft and divine !
This moist Ginger Bread is so soft, it is almost like a melt-in-the-mouth pudding ! Butter is not really needed, but I do like that tiny bit of buttery taste with the bread.
My son used to ask me every single day to bake a batch, and I did, most of the time as everyone loves it.
But, after a while, I gave him the recipe (he was about 14 years old then) and since his very first baked loaves, it was a success. It is easy as that !
I think we had this like every second day, when he made it, and keep in mind this recipe makes two medium sized loaves.
Once it is out of the oven, the first bread is finished within 10 minutes – I promise! The second loaf disappears shortly after dinner.
It is best when served warm with butter but because the bread is so moist it is just as good cold, and the bread keeps extremely well in a sealed container.
We had it with whipped cream and once with ice-cream, but butter only, is still definitely our first choice.
This is a mix and bake – no nonsense – recipe and it has never ever failed us.
As I mentioned above, no need to wait, just give it a few minutes to “settle” and dig in. (that sounds bad .. dig in .. but once you get the smell from the oven, you’ll check the time every minute!)
Moist Ginger Bread
Moist Ginger Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 Extra-Large Eggs
- 1 cup Golden Syrup (or Maple Syrup
- 1 cup Luke Warm Water
- 1 t Baking Soda dissolved in 1/4 cup lukewarm water
- 3 cups Flour
- ⅛ t Salt
- 1 t Baking Powder
- 1 TB Ground Ginger
- 2 t Mixed Spices
- 1 cup Sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F). Spray two loaf pans (23 x 13 x 7cm) with cooking oil and line the bottoms with baking paper
- Beat the Oil, Eggs, Syrup and Water until well combined. Add the dissolved Baking soda and mix slightly
- Sift the Flour, Salt, Baking Powder Ginger and Spices over the Oil mixture and add the Sugar as well
- Beat until very well mixed, about 3 – 5 minutes. Pour half of the batter in each prepared loaf pan
- Bake 45 minutes or until a tester comes out clean, remove from oven, let cool in the pans for a few minutes and transfer to a wire rack (remove the baking paper at the bottom)
Notes
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GrimFix
Saturday 10th of April 2021
What's the spice mixture?
Linda Nortje
Sunday 11th of April 2021
Mixed Spice is found with the other spices. I checked the label and it is mainly a mixture of ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg with cinnamon being the strongest flavor. I would use 1 t Cinnamon, 1/2 t Cloves and 1/2 t Nutmeg if making the spice myself for this recipe
Dawn croager
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
I’m in the UK and wanted to check which type of flour (self raising?) and Ugarit (soft light brown?). I’m really looking forward to trying out this recipe. I love ginger. Thanks.
Linda Nortje
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
Hi Dawn ! It is the all purpose flour (we in South-Africa know it as cake flour) and not self-raising flour. Let me know how yours turn out :-) (It is still after years my son's favorite Ginger Bread which he also bakes himself since school days)
Ruth
Saturday 13th of June 2020
I used 250 ml water, oil, syrup 225 grams sugar 350 grams flour Turned out really lovely
Shannon
Saturday 29th of September 2018
Can you tell me if mixed spices is something you can purchase in the spice section at the grocery store? What spices are in it if I wanted to make it myself?
Linda Nortje
Saturday 29th of September 2018
Hi Shannon, yes the Mixed Spice is found with the other spices. I checked the label and it is mainly a mixture of ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg with cinnamon being the strongest flavor. I would use 1 t Cinnamon, 1/2 t Cloves and 1/2 t Nutmeg if making the spice myself for this recipe :-) Hope this helps !
Frankie bates
Monday 27th of August 2018
are you using 1 cup or 1 and 1/4?
Linda Nortje
Monday 27th of August 2018
Hi Frankie, it is one cup water plus an additional 1/4 cup water to dissolve the baking soda :)