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Gingerbread Coffee Cake
Gingerbread Caramels
Gingerbread Coffee Cake
This coffee cake’s dark, mysterious, marvelously gingery flavor appeals to all ages and tastes. Beyond the usual great base of organic flour, real butter, flour and fresh eggs, the pastry masters at our Bakehouse use an array of amazing ingredients to make this coffee cake. Crystallized and ground ginger, lots of dark molasses, a bit of brewed coffee, a splash of fresh orange juice, Indonesian cinnamon, cloves and (my personal favorite) Balinese long pepper.
Gingerbread Caramels
There’s a lot to love about these gingerbread caramels from The Blu Kitchen. Adina St. John uses heavy cream and salted butter from local Michigan farms. She adds molasses and a not-too-spicy blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice to create a comforting and recognizable warm gingerbread flavor. And then there’s the texture. Each bite is so soft, so buttery, so lusciously indulgent, that it’s hard not to close your eyes to fully focus on the enjoyment.