Gingerbread Made With Sour Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup molasses
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1/4 cup sour cream
3/4 cup boiling water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (180 C).
Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
Beat in molasses, lemon zest, then beat in eggs 1 at a time.
Sift in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt, stirring until blended. Stir in sour cream, then boiling water.
Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 -45 minutes, until a tester inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Cool cake for 20 minutes, before turning out on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Then enjoy with some sweetened cream or a nice lemon sauce.