Golden Syrup Loaf Cake

Name: Golden Syrup Loaf Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes one 900 g (2 lb) loaf cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 100 ml (3½ fl oz) boiling water; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ tsp baking powder; 75 g (2¾ oz) butter; 200 g (7 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 150 g (5½ oz) golden (corn) syrup

Preparation info

Makes
one
900 g loaf cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

A gorgeous soft squishy golden syrup cake and as a bonus it’s egg-free – perfect for those with allergies or for when you want to bake but are all out of eggs. It might be an impossible task but if you can save the eating till a day after baking the crust goes soft and squidgy too.

Ingredients

Cake

75 g (2¾ oz) butter
50 g (1¾

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C (fan)/180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Line the tin with baking paper. Place the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder in a large bowl. Use a whisk to lightly mix them together – distributing the raising agents evenly.