The holidays are all about warm, spicy ginger! We don’t think you can celebrate without it. But there’s so much more you can do with this flavor that we wanted to inspire you to think outside the cookie cutter. Try five different ginger recipes this season!
5 Ways to Enjoy Warm Ginger Flavors this Holiday Season
Carrot Ginger Cake
1 oz (30 ml) Ginger Reàl
1 oz (30 ml) Piña Reàl
For cake:
Butter, for pans
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
[PRODUCT 1]
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups canola oil
2 cups finely grated carrots
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
[PRODUCT 2]
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
For cream cheese frosting:
6 oz cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons butter, softened
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350ªF. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans with butter.
For the cake, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Combine the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Pour into prepared pans and bake for 1 hour. Cool completely on a rack.
For the frosting, combine all ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth and spreadable.
Place one cake layer on a platter and spread the top with frosting. Add the other layer, and spread top and sides with remaining frosting. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Ginger Rummer
1 oz (30 ml) Ginger Reàl
1 oz (30 ml) rum
1 oz (30 ml) irish cream
1 oz (30 ml) half-and-half
Shake & Strain over ice
Ginger And Ginger Snap Ice Cream
2 cup Ginger Reàl
2 cups heavy cream
1 quart half-and-half
12 egg yolks, beaten
2 cups Ginger Reàl
Grated zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup chopped ginger snap cookies
Bring cream and half-and-half to a simmer; remove from heat. Add egg yolks slowly to warm mixture, whisking constantly. Return to low heat and simmer, stirring, until thickened a little. Remove from heat and add Ginger Reàl. Chill in refrigerator to 40ºF.
Freeze in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s directions. Serve topped with ginger snap cookie crumbles.
Ginger Snap Smoothie
0.5 cup Ginger Reàl
½ cup Ginger Reàl
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 almond milk
1 cup crushed ice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup crumbled ginger snap cookies
Blend all ingredients except cookies in a blender for 30 seconds. Top with ginger snap cookies.
Ginger Negroni
Stir & Strain