Warm Gingerbread With Lemon Glaze

Submitted by LMillerRN

"Dark moist gingerbread with lemon glaze from Cooking Light."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup butter, cut into small pieces
• 2⁄3 cup hot water
• 1 cup dark molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• cooking spray
• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
• ground cinnamon
• lemon slice

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Combine butter and hot water in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk until the butter melts. Add molasses and egg, and stir with a whisk until blended. Lightly soon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves. Add flour mixture to the molasses mixture, stirring just until moist.
3. Spoon batter into a 9 inch cake pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool gingerbread in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
4. Combine sugar and lemon juice, stirring until well blended. Pierce top of gingerbread liberally with a wooden skewer. Pour glaze over gingerbread. Cool completely.
5. Tope each serving with the whipped topping. Sprinkle gingerbread with cinnamon and garnish if desired with lemon slices.

Reviews

[Dienia B.]

great bread didnt do lemon sauce