Sweet Soy-vegan blog

i currently have a dark dark cake baking away in the oven. it goes by the name of "gingerbread". you may have heard of this cake, mostly made up of molasses. It was featured on one of the "two fat ladies" episodes, Clarissa made a Yorkshire gingerbread. Quite similar to the one I am baking. My recipe is from the Foxfire book, a 100-year old recipe, probably from a pioneer (<3). But did you know that gingerbread actually originated in Europe in the eleventh century? Many fairs in England became known as "gingerbread fairs". Pioneers did bring with them their traditions of making gingerbread from Northern Europe. In New England, maple syrup gingerbread's are popular, and in the South, sorghum molasses is used. I use a mix of sorghum and dark molasses (but not blackstrap, maybe just a hint if you really are in love with the black goo).
The wonderful drawing is by Miss Tasha Tudor.

"And I had but one penny in the world
Thou should'st have it to buy gingerbread"
--William Shakespeare
Love's Labours Lost

found a recipe last night for gingerbread in one of my grandpa's foxfire books. it is a really olde timey recipe, says it is over 100 years old. i don't know why, but i got the hankering for gingerbread. i don't even know if i have ever had a proper gingerbread before. i know i have had gingerbread cookies, they are dashing. the gingerbread is in the oven right now....so i shall write again and with pictures when it is done!

~mmm the gingerbread is very moist and molasses sweet. i simply adore it. it doesn't need peanut butter, shown on my fork, but i just love it with everything! i am going to cut it into little squares and take it to work to share with all the carnivorous meat eaters. a taste of veganism!
the moon is bright tonight and the coyotes are a-howling. tis an exciting night indeed.