Don’t open the oven door to check until the top of the cake has set, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool for 20 minutes, (the gingerbread may fall slightly as it cools, that’s okay), and ...

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A few days ago, an old friend of mine wrote to me to ask for my gingerbread cake recipe. I had not made the cake in years, but as soon ... *optional the zest of one orange or lemon. 1.

Makes one 9-inch square cake . Transplanted New Englander Sue Conrad, who now lives in North Redington Beach, Fla. wrote, “I found this recipe years ago in a 1960s Good Housekeeping magazine ...