Product Description

PLEASE NOTE: Our Historic Bakery is temporarily closed. We will ship all open orders of ginger cakes but will not be accepting new orders until operations resume. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

PLEASE NOTE: Discounts and promotions do not apply to this item. Please allow additional shipping time, as orders are shipped out once a week. Do not choose expedited shipping at checkout - we cannot express ship this item. Orders placed before 11:00 a.m. EST on Mondays will be included in the current week's shipment on Wednesday, orders placed after 11:00 a.m. EST on Mondays will ship out during the next week's shipment. This is a special order item for delivery.

Gingerbread cakes are dense, slightly crumbly, and not too sweet; still taste as good as ever. A delicious baker's dozen gingerbread "cookies" come in a box shaped and illustrated like the Raleigh Tavern, in whose famed bakery the gingerbread cakes are sold. Much larger and softer than gingersnaps, a perfect gift for any occasion! To soften, pop into the microwave for 5-7 seconds. Once the cookies are gone, give the box to the kids for a doll-size (or action figure-size!) playhouse. 

Features

• Ginger cake cookies
• Raleigh Tavern-shaped box
• 13 cookies per box 
• WILLIAMSBURG exclusive!

Inspiration

A treasured culinary delight whenever you visit Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area is a visit to the Raleigh Tavern Bakery just behind the Raleigh Tavern, where "ginger cakes" (large, cake-like cookies) are a must-have treat.

The Raleigh Tavern, which was established about 1717, was one of the most important taverns in colonial Virginia. During "Publick Times," when the courts were in session, it served as the center of social and political activity. Its location near the Capitol and its proprietors' sympathy for the colonists' cause made it a gathering place for burgesses during the 1760s and 1770s.

The Raleigh's pervasive spirit of hospitality is well expressed in the motto gilded over the Apollo Room mantel: Hilaritas Sapientiae at Bonae Vitae Proles ("Jollity, the offspring of wisdom and good living").

Ingredients

Sugar, Trimoline (invert sugar), Ginger, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Salt, Baking Soda, Butter, Evaporated Milk, Unsulfured Molasses, Unbleached Flour. 

Allergy Information

Baked in a facility with nuts and tree nuts. Made in a facility that uses WHEAT, EGGS, PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, and MILK.