# Pain d’Épices

This video shows how to prepare a gingerbread cake, an ultra-moist and flavorful treat perfect for the holidays, topped with a citrus fruit confit.

- Total time: 164 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 200 gr almond paste
- 240 gr whole eggs
- 180 gr chestnut honey
- 80 gr brown sugar
- 12 gr clementine zest
- 4 gr fine salt
- 160 gr flour
- 6 gr baking powder
- 6 gr ground cinnamon
- 10 gr 4 spice mix
- 190 gr melted butter
- 75 g water
- 75 g sugar
- 75 g orange juice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 gr fresh ginger
- 4 gr orange peel
- 4 gr yellow lemon peel
- citrus fruit confit

## Instructions

1. Pour almond paste into a bowl.
2. Pour in eggs and clementine zest.
3. Pour in honey.
4. Add brown sugar.
5. Add fine salt.
6. Mix almond paste, eggs, clementine zest, honey, brown sugar and fine salt.
7. Add flour, baking powder and spices.
8. Mix flour, baking powder and spices into the rest of the ingredients.
9. Add cold melted butter.
10. Zest an orange
11. In a pot, mix water, sugar, orange juice, cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, orange peel and yellow lemon peel.
12. Grease the molds and fill them with 160gr of mixture per mold.
13. Let rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
14. Remove the molds from the pastries after cooked.
15. Soak the pastries while hot with cold syrup.
16. Garnish with a citrus confit inside.

## Equipment

- Mixer
- ThermoMix
- Whisk
- Piping bag
- Silpain

## Tips

- Mix the almond paste with the eggs and clementine zest in the Thermomix, slightly heating the mixture.
- Add the honey, brown sugar, and salt, then whisk using a mixer.
- Incorporate the flour, baking powder, and spices.
- Finish by adding the cold melted butter.
- Grease the molds well.
- Pour 160gr of mixture per mold.
- Let rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Cook the gingerbread cakes for 14 minutes at 170°C, placing a silpain and a plate over the molds during baking.
- Upon removing from the oven, unmold them and soak them while hot with cold syrup.
- Lightly coat them to give a shiny appearance.
- Garnish with a citrus confit inside.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCmPUAMI8Pe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/00613a96-1bb3-439c-8966-c1cc0c0c116f
- Extracted: 2025-06-02

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