Ginger Bread Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

125 g butter, melted

125 ml hot water

170 g golden syrup, warmed

125 g flour, sifted

60 g self raising flour, sifted

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

4 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

90 g brown sugar

Lemon Icing : 

220 g icing sugar, sifted

15 g butter, softened

2 tsp lemon juice

milk

2 tbsp desiccated coconut

1. Place butter, water and golden syrup in a large bowl.
2. Sift in flour, self raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, nutmeg and sugar and mix to combine all ingredients.
3. Spoon batter into a greased 20 cm or 8" ring cake tin and bake for 35-40 minutes or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer.
4. Stand cake in tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
5. To make icing, place icing sugar in a bowl, mix in butter, lemon juice and enough milk to make an icing of spreadable consistency.
6. Spread icing over cold cake and sprinkle with coconut.

Makes a 20 cm

Oven Temperature :

180C/350F/Gas 4

#ads

Get your herbs and spices' ingredients here