Recipe: Gingerbread Cake with Cranberry Compote - BC Living

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 30 g fresh ginger, finely grated
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp each ground allspice and ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup each molasses and
• 1/2 cup golden corn syrup
• 250 ml water
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 100 ml water
• 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
• 2 tbsp mandarin orange juice
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped