Name: Jamaican ginger cakes with buttered rum
Yield: Makes up to 24 cakes, depending on size
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) dark muscovado brown sugar or soft dark brown sugar; ¼ teaspoon ground allspice; 120 ml (½ cup) ginger beer; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 260 g (1¾ cups) plain flour; 250 g (9 oz) black treacle; ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons chopped stem ginger in syrup; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; 2 tablespoons dark rum; 100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter; 40 g (3 tablespoons) unsalted butter; 100 g (3½ oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 eggs, beaten

Preparation info

Makes up to
24
cakes, depending on size

Difficulty
Easy

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A Whisper of Cardamom

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2024

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