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# Gingerbread
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/gingerbread_0224110717/
- Published: 2011-02-24T20:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:56:53.000Z
- Description: A whole-wheat gingerbread from Neal Barnard's Foods That Fight Pain: raisins, dates, sugar and spices are boiled, cooled completely, then stirred into the flour and baked about 30 minutes in a 9- by 9-inch pan.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Baked Goods, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

*(Makes one 9- x 9-inch cake)*

You can use a spreadable fruit, thinned with a bit of water, as a topping.

1/2 cup raisins  
1/2 cup pitted dates, chopped  
3/4 cup sugar  
1/2 teaspoon salt  
2 teaspoons cinnamon  
1 teaspoon ginger  
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg  
1/4 teaspoon cloves  
1-3/4 cups water  
2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour  
1 teaspoon baking soda  
1 teaspoon sodium-free baking powder

Combine the raisins, dates, sugar, salt, spices, and water in a large saucepan, and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and cool completely (this is important).

Once cool, preheat oven to 350°F. Stir the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together. Add to the cooled fruit mixture and stir to mix. Spread into a 9- x 9-inch pan that has been lightly coated with a nonstick spray and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Recipe from [*Foods That Fight Pain*](http://www.pcrm.org/shop?ref=foodconsumer.org) by Neal D. Barnard, M.D.

*Originally published on PCRM.org and republished with permission*