The quest for the perfect gingerbread

submitted almost 10 years ago by VapeQueen214

I tried TFA's gingerbread, but it contains a small amount of anise that I absolutely despise. INW Spicy Biscuit smells amazing but just tastes too authentic and I haven't been able to make it less dry yet. Capella's gingerbread is decent but is just really bready and needs some love. So I'm looking for input on FW gingerbread before I make a holiday order. I have their ginger and it is surprisingly pretty good so I'm hoping their gingerbread is as well. For some reason its one of the few flavors I haven't tried yet and I didn't find any discussions on it in any threads.

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by billgarmsarmyalmost 10 years agoFrugivore

give TFA gingerbread cookie a try too, less eugenol

i have fw gingerbread, but never used it.

cap gingerbread tastes a lot like cds to me

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by joesphaaalmost 10 years ago

Assuming you are talking about gingerbread as a biscuit?

Cookie/Spice -

Mama J's The Ginger - for the essential ginger spice
TFA Brown Sugar - for baked and molasses/brown sugar type note, sweetener
FA Honey/FLV Rich Cinnamon/FLV Clove/FA Black Pepper - complete the traditional spice profile
FA Cookie - Great doughy base, CAP Sugarcookie if you after gingerbread as a cake
CAP Vanilla Custard - light touch to complete the recipe with body and richness

Royal Icing

CAP Butter Cream - go light, will give you a nice icing taste
FA Meringue - add for more richness and authenticity (egg white in actual royal icing), sweetness, smooth out the cookie a bit more, icing pop out a little extra

Would be pretty dam tasty, lol

Good luck with your efforts!

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by VapeQueen214almost 10 years ago

FA black pepper sounds scary haha. I'll have to try out Mama J's the ginger. My main problem is trying to get that traditional spice ginger taste without it being so dry. Thank you for your suggestions this was very helpful!

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by retuchnalmost 10 years agoPâtissier

Hangsen gingerbread isn't too bad. It's more the gingerbread without the cookie, but I've played around with adding the bready base to it with good results.

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by VapeQueen214almost 10 years ago

Thank you! I'll order some of that next

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by ThirdWorldOrderalmost 10 years ago

Capellas gingerbread is basically cap sugar cookie with ginger

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by wanderingfernalmost 10 years ago

id have to second this. try mixing cap gingerbread, cap sugar cookie with a cream base. i use the cream base from the "leaked" cuttwood unicorn milk recipe minus the vanilla bean ice cream, i hate that flavor!