Jamaican Gingerbread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly butter loaf pan, line bottom with parchment or wax paper. butter paper, dust pan with flour; set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl cream butter, molasses, honey and brown sugar with electric mixer until smooth. add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. add sour cream, lemon zest and vanilla; beat to combine (it may separate slightly and look funny but don't worry).
• 4 sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices. fold into batter with rubber spatula.
• 5 spread batter in prepared pan.
• 6 bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes. if using mini-loaf pans bake time about 30 minutes.
• 7 cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. turn out out of pan and peel off paper. if not serving immediately, cool completely before wrapping.
• 8 if you wanted to gild the lily you could drizzle a lemon glaze over the top or frost with a cream cheese frosting or some good ole whipped cream would be marvelous.