Two words: crazy good. Heather of Sherry Trifle chose Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread for our Tuesdays with Dorie recipe this week. For my gingerbread I chose to leave off the chocolate glaze. I know. I left off the chocolate?! Yes. In this case, I did. I also made mini cakes as you can see, for cute little personal servings. The reason I left off the chocolate glaze was simply because I wanted to see what this combination would be like.
It may seem like an odd combination, bananas and gingerbread, but it is just so good. You really have to try this some time. I was inspired by Peabody to top make the mini cakes topped with good vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce (and you really ought to follow that link and see why). All together, this is one surprisingly light and still delicious and sweet treat. The only other change I made to the original recipe was to leave out the stem ginger since that was no where to be found at our grocery store.
I will definitely make this recipe again since I love the chocolate and ginger combination. Make sure to see how everyone else's gingerbread came out by going to the Tuesdays with Dorie blogroll!
Okay, that is some serious food porn! Looks amazing!!!! YUM!
ReplyDeleteWow oh Wow does that ever look good!
ReplyDeleteBananas and ice cream, you put this one over the top!
ReplyDeleteThe art of decadence. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteOMG that looks delicious!
ReplyDelete*shudders*.. think i'm suffering over here just looking at the photos...enough said.
ReplyDeleteHOLY MOLY!!! are you trying to kill me over here with those pictures?! that looks just amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh man. That is crazy good. I thought this recipe was absolutely the most tasty thing ever, but I didn't try it with bananas and caramel. Wow. Your pictures are amazing.
ReplyDeleteoh..my..gosh...Why do you do this to me? Now I MUST try this with bananas and caramel..
ReplyDeleteThat is seriously gorgeous! I so admire people who can do that whole presentation thing -- I just slap a piece of cake on a plate and call it a day.
ReplyDeleteWow, your gingerbread looks amazing! Kudos to you on making it more than just gingerbread!
ReplyDeleteLooks fabulous! I bet the bananas with the ginger would taste great!
ReplyDeleteHolly, WOW - these are the most beautiful yummy desserts ever!! Your creativity astounds me. And even though I don't like to eat bananas I might try this. I actually opted out this week because I don't really like gingerbread - you might convert me!
ReplyDeleteTake care
Love Big, Bake Often
yikes--that is mouthewatering amazing!!! oh my gosh...i must look away...
ReplyDeletemon dieu que ta photo est super gourmande :)
ReplyDeletemajor drooling and various homer simpson sounds over here :) that looks sooo awesome!! glad you loved it :)
ReplyDeletelove the recipe twist - who knew gingerbread was so versatile?
ReplyDeleteOK, I bow to your photo genius... ;) Seriously, this looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis looks insanely good!! And your photos are amazing.
ReplyDelete*THUMP*
ReplyDelete*fell out of chair*
Wow that looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteUn-Freakin'-Believable! I want one of yours now! Extra caramel please!
ReplyDeleteI'm adding your link to my post if that's OK?
Donna @ Spatulas & Corkscrews
Okay...I'm almost speechless. The idea of caramel and ice cream on top of this gingerbread?? And then the bananas, too? Too bad we have no more cake left! It looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI bet I would have liked this cake much better if I would have had yours. Goodness that looks so yummy!
ReplyDeleteWow, that caramel makes my mouth water! It looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow! Looks great. Love the ice cream and banana addition.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! I skipped the icing in favor of some vanilla ice cream, too. But I didn't think of adding caramel sauce. What a great idea! I'm going to make some tomorrow for something else, so I'll have to try it with some of my remaining cake.
ReplyDeleteWOW. Just wow. WOW again.
ReplyDeleteThat picture stopped me dead in my tracks.. wow, just wow... The taste thoughts are tingling in my head.. warm cake, cold/melting ice cream, warm caramel sauce, bananas.. wow, this should be labeled "unsafe for work"!!
ReplyDeletedrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool....
ReplyDeleteexcuse me.
I don't think it's odd at all- makes perfect sense to me! And I gather you unequivocally agree, heh heh :)
ReplyDeleteWhoa, hold on there. Gingerbread, bananas, chocolate, caramel, and ice cream? It's like all my dreams coming true, just not near me. Sad :)
ReplyDeleteWow wee does that look GOOOOOD!
ReplyDeleteHolly!!! That is the most decadent gingerbread I have ever seen. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I've seen many an attractive gingerbread photo over the past few days, but this is the first one that's actually made me salivate a little. Yum!
ReplyDeleteNow that looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful! Although, I've made it with the chocolate on top and that's pretty nice too.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that looks fabulous. I want some. Now.
ReplyDeleteHolly, you're my hero! I never even thought of putting caramel on top of the gingerbread, boy, I've been missing out. Your pics are fabulous. :)
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