Gingerbread modernized as zesty Bundt cake

Gingerbread, in its simplest terms, is a cake flavored with ginger and often molasses. In the Middle Ages, the cake was ornately decorated and even embellished with gold leaf. Today, we think of gingerbread as either a simple thick, dense cake or a cookie shaped like a man.

By Diane Rossen Worthington, Tribune Media Services

February 22, 2013