Ginger-Cake

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    cake, 8-12 slices depending on your appetite
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sex & Drugs & Sausage Rolls

By Graham Garrett and Cat Black

Published 2015

  • About

This reminds me of the Jamaica Ginger cake I loved as a kid. I dehydrate thin slices of this to serve with foie gras. But equally everybody likes a piece of cake with a cup of tea. This gets better and better over the few days after you make it

Ingredients

  • 170 g butter
  • 185 g black treacle
  • 170 g

Method

To make the ginger cake

Melt the butter, treacle, syrup and sugar in a pan, being careful not to burn.

Mix together the flour, spice, ground ginger, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Beat in the eggs, then the milk to make a smooth batter. Add the melted sugar mixture then fold in the stem ginger.

Pour into a lined and greased 24