Ginger Treacle Cake

Name: Ginger Treacle 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: 75 g (2¾ oz) black treacle (blackstrap molasses); 75 g (2¾ oz) butter; 2 tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 50 g (1¾ oz) light Muscovado sugar; 75 g (2¾ oz) golden (corn) syrup; 200 g (7 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) boiling water; ½ tsp baking powder

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

For those who like things a little darker and spicier give this ginger treacle cake a go.

Ingredients

75 g (2¾ oz) butter
50 g (1¾

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Follow the same method for the Golden Syrup Cake, but replace half the quantity of syrup with treacle and add 1 tsp of ground ginger to the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.