Orange Sauce for Gingerbread

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1995

Citrus complements gingerbread spices. This orange sauce offers a refreshing change from the more traditional lemon-flavored sauce.

SERVES 8 (Makes about 1 3/4 cups)

TIME 15 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In our old-fashioned gingerbread recipe, we used milk rather than hot water (which many recipes call for) for a richer, moister cake. We sweetened our gingerbread recipe with a combination of light unsulfured molasses and white sugar, and u...

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