I just made a vegan version of this yummy gingerbread; it’s easy! Just….

- substitute Earth Balance for butter

in step 2, add 3 tsp of powdered Ener-G egg replacer

in step 5, use an additional 4 tablespoons water

omit step 7. heh.

in step 8, test for done-ness after only 40 minutes

delicious!!

as for other tweaks…. next time I’m going to try a little less baking soda, to make it denser, and reduce the cloves and increase the ginger. bits of finely chopped candied ginger might be nice succulent additions too…

george

Thank you so much for pointing this out. I’ll make sure all future recipes list the butter in tablespoons too.

Best wishes,
Ysanne

I am Canadian and we don’t buy butter by the stick. How much, in cups, is a
stick of butter? Please modify the recipe so anyone with standard North
American measuring tools can use the recipe. A stick is not standard.

Thanks.

Janice Manson

I did make the cake, twice now and it is really the best cake I have ever made because of the texture and the flavours. It also makes a wonderful perfume while its baking that I am sure my children will never forgot. I live in England and used the measurements with no problem, I do know that a cup is 8 oz.

As you say it is iron rich, so I feel good about eating it and it is not a fattening cake so I love having it with coffee in the morning. More than anything I like the way it rose to make a big moist cake and it is still lovely the next day.

When you said it was perfect, you weren’t kidding.

Thanks again.

I had a risotto with chestnut and pumpkin in a restaurant last night that was excellent. I will try and google the recipe, you don’t have one do you?
Have a great day.

Rose

I really appreciate your email, and will take on board your comments for the next recipe I send out. It’s a good point.

Best wishes
Ysanne

Thanks for your consideration on this. I really believe that diet is all too often overlooked in the movement to become sustainable and I think diet is one of the most influential ways we impact the planet with some choices costing us very little land, water, pollution and transportation and some costing us many times more of all of these. If we go organic we can limit the pesticides and chemicals going into our food and our land. If we go vegan we can limit the amount of food we need to produce.

Take care,
Ryan

Please keep them coming.
Cheers
Rose