2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[The Dogmother]

I have just made this to take down when we see my folks tomorrow:

 

Good old-fashioned sticky ginger cake

 

Ingredients:

125g unsalted butter or Stork margarine

115g black treacle

115g golden syrup

150ml milk

50g muscovado sugar light

225g plain flour

1tsp ground ginger

Half teaspoon bicarb

2 medium free range eggs

(you can also add a tablespoon of diced crystallised ginger if you like)

 

Pre-heat the oven to 170c/150c fan/gas 3. Butter or line a 2lb loaf tin. Unless your tin is non-stick, I’d recommend lining it.

Gently heat the butter, treacle, syrup, milk and sugar together in a small saucepan until just melted, but without heating more than necessary. Stirring frequently.

Sift the flour, ginger and bicarb into a large bowl (I use the Kenwood bowl). Add the treacle mixture and whisk until smooth (I do this with the Kenwood), then whisk in the eggs. Pour the mixture into the tin and give it a couple of sharp taps to bring up any air bubbles. Bake for 50-60 minutes until risen and a skewer comes out clean.

While it is very tempting to eat immediately, allow to stand for 10 minutes then wrap in cling film and leave overnight when it will acquire that essential dense stickiness. Enjoy slices spread with butter.

[Egluntyne]

Sounds perfect for a Bonfire party. Yum.

[MarkBevBen]

Oh Claret, that sounds absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing

[Daphne]

I made a ginger cake a couple of weeks ago very like this one and its really fired me up to do more baking. Did an apple cake today and planning on the christmas cake over the weekend. Its one advantage of the cooler weather, I find I need cake

[The Dogmother]

Sounds perfect for a Bonfire party. Yum.

 

It is And there's me trying to cut down on carbs I always dice up crystallised ginger (tiny bits) in the mix before pouring it into the tin. The mix is really quite runny before baking.

 

It's like Jamaican Ginger cake only nicer.