A ginger loaf dusted in icing sugar with a couple of slices cut off

Sticky spiced Jamaican ginger cake

Name: Sticky spiced Jamaican ginger cake
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 200g unsalted butter softened; 125g soft dark brown sugar; 115g treacle; 3 eggs beaten; 200g self-raising flour; 1 tbsp ground ginger; 1 tbsp mixed spice; 3 stem ginger balls roughly chopped; 2 tbsp milk; 1 tbsp icing sugar (optional)

Liberty Mendez

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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This moist and fluffy Jamaican ginger cake is loaded with spice and fragrant stem ginger chunks. Enjoy it warm with ice cream, or cold with a cup of tea

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Store for up to 3 days in an airtight container or freeze in slices.

Jamaican ginger cake recipe

Ingredients

Nutrition

200g unsalted butter

softened
125g soft dark brown sugar
115g treacle
3 eggs

beaten
200g self-raising flour
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp mixed spice
3 stem ginger balls

roughly chopped
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp icing sugar (optional)

Nutrition: per serving

kcal426
fat23g
saturates13.7g
carbs48.6g
sugars28.9g
fibre1.3g
protein5.5g
salt0.39g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 6 and line a 2lb loaf in with butter and baking paper, leaving some hanging over the edge so you can take it out easily.
step 2

Put the butter and brown sugar into a bowl and beat with an electric whisk for 3-4 mins until fluffy. Add in the treacle and then gradually beat in the eggs. Don’t worry if the mixture splits at this point.
step 3

Once combined, add the self-raising flour, ginger, mixed spice, stem ginger and milk and gently beat until you have a smooth batter. Tip into the tin and bake for 50 mins-1 hour until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5 mins in the tin, before transferring onto a cooling rack and leaving to cool completely. You can dust with some icing sugar before serving, if you like.

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