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Ginger Cake

"I think this is the supreme cake for a winter tea, it's so warming after a chilly walk. And it keeps well too, wrapped in greaseproof paper, in an airtight container."

Preparation time:
20 minutes
Cooking time:
45 minutes
Total time:
1 hour 5 minutes 60 minutes 5 minutes
Serves:
 6

Ingredients

  • 225g black treacle
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 125g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 125g light brown muscovado sugar
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 225g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 50g currants
  • 50g sultanas
  • 50g preserved ginger, chopped
  • 100g icing sugar

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas 3. Grease the base of an 18cm-square cake tin and line with non-stick baking parchment. Warm the treacle and milk together over a gentle heat until melted. Remove from the heat and add the bicarbonate of soda.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and light. Carefully add the eggs, a spoonful at a time. Stir in the treacle and milk.
  3. Sift the flour with the ground ginger and salt and add to the creamed mixture with the currants, sultanas and chopped ginger. Pour into the lined tin and bake for 45 minutes, until a warmed skewer comes out cleanly.
  4. Allow to cool in the tin for 30 minutes, then remove to a wire rack. Mix the icing sugar with 1-2 tbsp cold water until it runs easily off the spoon; drizzle over the cake.

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Jane Shumard

Jane Shumard 02 March 2010 19:53

I made this cake today for a class presentation and it went down really well! Everyone liked it a lot and I had to fight to save a slice for my husband. I added some orange and lime zest to the icing glaze to make it look a little bit more interesting.

anitas

anitas 21 November 2009 14:29

my husband absolutely adored this cake ginger being his favourite flavouring.I will be making it for him again. But we thought it deserved a 4 star

esther21x

esther21x 20 May 2009 17:06

Really great tastes yummy nice and gooey in the middle but needs at least an hour in the oven if on gas mark 3. Sultanas made it really nice and moist. It made enough for about 10. I didnt add real ginger just ground ginger but about 2 1/2 table spoons and tastes great. Thanx loads :)

Louise C W

Louise C W 12 February 2008 17:28

I've made this cake today and it was pretty easy. It has sunk like a well in the middle but it doesn't really matter. I left out the dried fruit and teh children have polished off loads of it already. It's sticky and dark and very moist looking.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 540.0kcal
Sugars 61.0g
Fat 19.5g
Saturated Fat 11.2g
Salt 1.4g

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in November 2007