Gingerbread bundt cake
Guinness and dark chocolate add an extra depth of flavour and slight smokiness to this sticky dark gingerbread
Difficulty and servings
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Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hr 30 mins + overnight maturing
- Heat the oven to 160C/140C/gas 3. Butter the inside of a 2 litre bundt tin and lightly dust the inside with plain flour, tipping out the excess.
- Put the butter, golden syrup, treacle, brown sugar and chocolate into a pan. Heat to melt the butter and chocolate and dissolve the sugar. Add the stem ginger and Guinness, heat to hot but not boiling and mix well. Take off the heat, whisk in the bicarb (it will foam), and leave to cool slightly.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and spices with a pinch of salt into a large bowl. Whisk the eggs and the cooled golden syrup mixture into the dry ingredients in three batches, mixing well until completely smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared tin. Tap on the work surface to release any large air bubbles and bake for about 45-50 minutes or until well risen and a wooden skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and rest in the tin for no more than 2 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Wrap the cold cake in clingfilm and leave overnight or a couple of days before glazing to allow the spice flavours to develop.
- To glaze, transfer the cake to a baking paper- covered baking sheet. Warm the ginger preserve (or apricot jam) in a small pan and use to brush over the surface of the cake. Pour the lemon juice into a small pan and heat gently until just boiling. Add the icing sugar and stir until melted and smooth. Leave the lemon icing to cool for 2-3 minutes then brush all over the surface of the cake in an even layer. Slide the cake back into an oven heated to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 for 5 minutes until the glaze has become translucent. Leave until the icing has set before serving.
OVERNIGHT MATURING
It's best to make this in advance then leave it un-iced in an airtight box overnight or for a couple of days and glaze it an hour or so before serving. That way the flavours all get a chance to develop.
PER SERVING
364 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0.7g, salt 0.4 g
Recipe from olive magazine, March 2012.
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Ingredients
- 150g unsalted butter , plus extra for the tin
- 100g golden syrup
- 75g dark treacle
- 175g dark muscovado sugar
- 175g dark chocolate
- 2 balls stem ginger , finely chopped
- 100ml Guinness or stout
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 200g plain flour , plus a little extra for dusting the tin
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 1 rounded tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 3 medium eggs , beaten
- 3 tbsp ginger preserve , sieved, or apricot jam
- 1 lemon , juiced
- 150g icing sugar , sifted
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Difficulty and servings
CUTS INTO 12
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hr 30 mins + overnight maturing
Ingredients
- 150g unsalted butter , plus extra for the tin
- 100g golden syrup
- 75g dark treacle
- 175g dark muscovado sugar
- 175g dark chocolate
- 2 balls stem ginger , finely chopped
- 100ml Guinness or stout
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 200g plain flour , plus a little extra for dusting the tin
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 1 rounded tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 3 medium eggs , beaten
- 3 tbsp ginger preserve , sieved, or apricot jam
- 1 lemon , juiced
- 150g icing sugar , sifted
PER SERVING
364 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0.7g, salt 0.4 g
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