Clove Ground 50g

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Clove Ground Recipe

🎂 Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cake

📜 Signature Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2½ cups (300g) flour

• 1 tbsp ground cloves (star spice)

• 2 tbsp ground ginger

• 1 tbsp cinnamon

• 1 cup molasses

• 1/2 cup butter

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 cup hot water

Key Steps:

1. Bloom spices: Whisk cloves + ginger + cinnamon with flour

2. Molasses mix: Dissolve baking soda in hot water + molasses

3. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 45 mins

Pro Tip:

• For extra moisture, soak baked cake with orange syrup

🥇 Other Top Ground Clove Recipes:

1. Pumpkin Pie Spice (clove + cinnamon + nutmeg)

2. Chinese Five-Spice Powder (clove + star anise blend)

3. Jamaican Jerk Rub (clove + allspice + Scotch bonnet)

Science Bit:
Cloves' eugenol:
→ Numbs pain (used in dentistry)
→ Best released in fat (butter/oil)