Bavarian Gingerbread Spice Blend 75g

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Perfectly fresh gingerbread all year round.

Gingerbread is one of those long-life baked goods that can be enjoyed all year round, not just at Christmas time. Gingerbread is available both as a crispy hard cookie and as a soft cake variant such as honey cake. Typical for gingerbread is the use of lots of honey and sugar, little water and a strong seasoning with cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom and various other spices. The dryness and the large amount of sugar ensure a long shelf life.

Depending on the region, different specialties have developed with a variety of names. A type of honey cake was already known to the ancient Egyptians. However, it was not until the Middle Ages that a stronger custom was cultivated. The now world-famous Nuremberg gingerbread, decorated with almonds and candied lemon peel, was developed in Nuremberg. Aachen was the birthplace of Aachener Printen, a special brown variety of gingerbread that contains no butter at all but has a very long shelf life.

Gingerbread cookies also include gingerbread, wafer gingerbread such as the highest quality Elisen gingerbread, cinnamon cake, dominoes, Basler Läckerli and not forgetting the Wies'n gingerbread heart decorated with icing at the Munich Oktoberfest.

Our tip: Try baking a soft honey cake that doesn't necessarily conform to tradition and serve the slices, cut about the thickness of a thumb, spread with plenty of butter.

Ingredients: Cinnamon, coriander, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, star anise, aniseed, cardamom, ginger
Store in a cool, dry place away from light