Cake #51 - Gorgonzola Gingerbread Cake

Savoury Saturday Cake - Gorgonzola Gingerbread Cake.

The combination of blue cheese and gingerbread may sound unusual and weird but there is true harmony in that. In Finland, especially around Christmas time, gingerbread cookies topped with Aura blue cheese is a usual canape served together with Glögg (Nordic mulled wine).

Unfortunately, in Ireland you cannot get Aura cheese anywhere (of Irish cheese Cashel Blue is the best!) but you can get the Nordic type non-alcoholic Glögg in Ikea. - Is it the season yet? Better be as I really should visit Ikea next week for some bakeware. 

By baking this cake I wanted to take a step towards Christmas. Only 66 days to go!!

Gorzonzola Gingerbread Cake

150 g soft butter

50 ml soft brown sugar

2 eggs

½ tsp salt

400 ml plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cardamom

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

½ tsp ground nutmeg

50 ml milk

200 g Gorgonzola cheese, crumbed

1. Heat the oven to 175 C / 350 F and grease and flour a 1 kg / 2 lbs loaf pan.

2. Mix together the dry ingredients.

3. Cream together butter and sugar.

4. Add eggs and mix well.

5. Add the dry ingredients and milk.

6. Pour half of the mixture into the pan. 

7. Place Gorgonzola crumbs on the base and pour the rest of the dough evenly into the pan so that it covers the cheese.

9. Bake in the oven for about 30-35 minutes.

10. Let cool before removing from pan.

11. Enjoy with Glögg, coffee or tea.