Tanya Peasgood

Tag: baking

  • Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe

    Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe

    If you like the classic McVities Jamaica Ginger Cake but want something a bit more substantial and homemade then my mum’s ginger cake recipe is going to be a winner. It’s a nice simple cake to make and lasts really well if you can avoid eating it straight away

    Ingredients

    • 200g butter
    • 175g molasses sugar
    • 3 tablespoon black treacle
    • 150ml milk
    • 2 large eggs
    • 300g self-raising flour
    • 1 tbsp ground ginger
    • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinammon
    • Jar of chopped ginger in syrup (Sainsbury’s sell this)
    • Jar of ginger jam
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder

    Method

    • Preheat oven to 160 degrees (140 fan) or gas mark 3
    • Grease and line tin(s) – can use 9″ round or square tin or will make a couple of loaf tins
    • Melt butter, sugar, and treacle together over a pan of water
    • Beat milk & eggs together
    • Let the melted mix cool a bit then mix in the milk & egg mixture
    • Add all the other ingredients and mix well (ginger, flour, spices)
    • Pour mix into tin(s) and bake for 30-35 minutes

    Can add a lemon water icing to the top once cooled or can stab with a skewer and add some more ginger syrup.

    Tastes better if you leave it for a couple of days wrapped up – it’ll get stickier and taste better. Really good to warm up a slice and serve with cream.