And the “Voula” in question will know exactly who she is.
Why, oh why, do people ask for trusted recipes of yummy things that I like? And the yummy thing in question today is VERY YUMMY : GINGER KISSES.
For the uninitiated, Ginger Kisses are a bit like those American Whoopee Pies that are all the rage at the moment – a nice gingery, cakey sandwich filled with a delightfully light and creamy filling. Yum, yum, yum!
So ….
…after very little encouragement or coercion, I decided to whip up a batch of Ginger Kisses before feeding the little people their dinner.
I vaguely recall using a recipe from the NZ cooking “bible” the Edmonds Cookbook back in my younger years. I currently have two editions of this book and upon investigation neither of them contains a particularly satisfactory recipe. In fact, one of them doesn’t have a Ginger Kisses recipe at all. Go figure! (And so I wonder, yet again, what happened to my third copy of this all important book).
Not to fear – I have another New Zealand wonder called Ladies, a Plate: Traditional Home Baking by Alexa Johnston. The all important Ginger Kiss recipe contained therein looked particularly luscious, so I decided to give it a burl (Voula, I consider this to be “taking one for the team”).
The recipe which, very conveniently can be located at this link, is very simple and on the whole, uses what I would consider to be standard store cupboard ingredients.
In keeping with the whole “traditional home baking” thing, I decided to spoon my mix onto the trays rather than piping them in smart regimental fashion. I like that whole rustic/imperfect look for what goes into my biscuit tins.
They do spread a bit so next time (and there truly will be a next time) I will put a bit more space between them on the tray.
Even without the filling the fast fingered thieving children loved them. In my opinion the filling is a little too sweet – perhaps measuring the vanilla a bit more carefully would have helped that, but the added ginger gives it a lovely kick.
The verdict: definitely worth another shot. Mmmmmmmmmmm
A final note to Voula:
If you want a taste test you had better get across town very quickly because I don’t think they are going to last long!
