Johanne is an inspired baker and she made this gingerbread cake and other mini sweets when she came to Cambridge to work with us on Baking with Julia.
If you’re in a place as cold as my corner of Connecticut, I’d suggest you rush to your oven, bake these cakes and stir up some hot chocolate as a sip-along. If you’re lucky enough to be someplace warm, bake the cakes anyway – they’re too good to pass up – and top them with ice cream.