There are some great recipes for Lebkuchen out there, but this is the one that works best for us. I decided to start practising making them when I found out ALDI may not have them this year and panicked. They have them now, but tbh I prefer the homemade ones.
Ingredients.
For the cakes:
- 500g wholemeal flour and raising agents
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup sugar, brown or cane
- 1 egg
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 4tbsp honey or 1tbsp molasses
- 2tbsp chopped ginger
- 1tbsp powdered ginger
- 1tbsp cinnamon
- 1tsp nutmeg
- 1/2tsp allspice
- 1/2tsp paprika
For the frosting:
- 60g dark chocolate
- 20g salted butter
- 2tbsp chocolate sauce
- 2tbsp honey
Utensils.
- mixing bowl and fork
- large ceramic bowl, small ceramic bowl and spoon
- small pot
- greased, lined or nonstick baking tray
Recipe.
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Place chopped ginger, half the sugar and the lemon juice in the small pot and cook on a very low heat until the sting is gone from the ginger. Add a little water if it starts to dry.
- Mix all the dry cake ingredients.
- Incorporate the eggs, lemon and water until the dough is stringy, pourable, but retains some firmness.
- Pour into a baking tray and spread out evenly.
- Bake until a skewer comes out clean. At 1″ thick, ours took 40 minutes.
- Leave the cake to cool.
- Once cool, pour boiling water into the large ceramic bowl and place the small ceramic bowl inside it.
- Put the chocolate in the small bowl and stir as it melts. Replace the hot water as required to keep the chocolate melty.
- Stir in the other ingredients.
- Pour over the cake.
- Leave the cake to cool.
- Slice and serve.
I’m starting to worry I haven’t seen any turrón lately either… Maybe time to dig out another recipe.
