Name: Ginger Butter Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3-inch (7.5-cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated; ¾ cup (170 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan; 4 eggs; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ½ cup (120 ml) milk; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; ¾ cup (130 g) chopped crystallized ginger, minced; 1¼ cups (140 g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, plus more for dusting; ½ teaspoon pure almond extract; ⅓ cup (80 ml) Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur; 1 tablespoon light corn syrup; Grated zest of 1 orange; 2 cups (250 g) cake flour, plus more for the pan

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

By Downton Abbey

Published 2020

About

Believed to have originated in Southeast Asia, ginger was a highly coveted import to the Roman Empire. It was already widely available in England in Anglo-Saxon times, and by the late Middle Ages, it was almost as common as pepper and was added to all manner of dishes. Since the eighteenth century, its culinary use has been primarily limited to baked goods, such as this simple teatime cake.