Gingerbread loaf with Whisky-Poached Pears | Canadian Living

Ingredients

• 2 cups alI-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1/4 cup whisky
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup maple sugar
• 1/2 cup whisky
• 5 Bosc pears , peeled and halved, cores removed
• Toasted Sesame Crème Fraîche (recipe, this page)
• Iron 2.3 mg
• Fibre 2 g
• Sodium 60 mg
• Sugars 108 g
• Protein 7 g
• Calories 840
• Total fat 32 g
• Cholesterol 175 mg
• Saturated fat 19 g
• Total carbohydrate 130 g