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Kitchen Front Ginger Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 14
Ingredients
300g margarine, plus extra for tin
- 400g golden syrup
- 1 egg
- 130 plain flour
- 225g sr flour
- 1 rounded tsp ground ginger
- 1 rounded tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 110g soft dark brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Method
- STEP 1Heat oven to 150c (130c). Grease and line a 26cm cake tin.
- STEP 2Gently melt the margarine and syrup in a pan.
- STEP 3Beat egg. Place flours, ginger, cinnamon, salt and sugar into a food mixer at low speed. With mixer running pour in the margarine and syrup, then add the egg.
- STEP 4Dissolve bicarb in 175ml warm water, then pour into the bowl with mixer running. Spoon mix into the tin smooth over the top.
- STEP 5Bake for 1 hour then test by inserting a cocktail stick into the middle. It should come out clean. If not bake for a further 5 mins and test again. Turn and cool on a rack