Christmas gingerbread

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 2 Eggs (size S)
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 1 knife tip ground
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cloves
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel of 1/2
  • 7-10 Tbsp untreated lemon
  • 1 package Orange-Back
  • 40 g diced candied orange and lemon peel
  • 125 g crushed almonds
  • 125 g ground hazelnuts
  • 1 pinch Ginger powder
  • 1 package (10 g) Special baking cocoa
  • 1/2 package Baking Powder
  • 5 square wafers
  • 7-10 Tbsp (each 122 x 202 mm)
  • 200 g Icing sugar
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 7-10 Tbsp halved, candied cherries almonds
  • 7-10 Tbsp diced pickled
  • 7-10 Tbsp Ginger

Directions

  1. 1

    Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, cloves, lemon peel and orange-back with the whisk of the hand mixer until foamy. Crush the candied orange peel and lemon peel cubes a little more. Gradually add the ground almond and hazelnut kernels, some ginger, cocoa and baking powder to the foamy egg cream. Cut the baking wafers into 4 pieces and spread 1 tablespoon of the prepared mixture on each. Put them on a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 150°C/ gas: level 1) for 30 minutes. Let it cool down on a cake rack.

  2. 2

    Mix icing sugar and lemon juice to a spreadable glaze. Spread on the gingerbread with a thick brush. Decorate the still moist cakes with cherries, almonds and the ginger. Leave to dry. Results in about 20 pieces

  3. 3

    Christmas decoration: Wheels

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
180 kcal
CARBS
24 g
FATS
8 g
PROTEINS
3 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousexoticChristmas