Fresh Ginger Cake
This is a very moreish cake. It helps that fresh ginger is good for you, and with the addition of wholemeal flour, the guilt factor is somewhat reduced. It also keeps well, and in fact, improves with keeping. I froze a small portion for a rainy day! Carrarini suggests eating leftovers, toasted and buttered. We didn’t try that, but it does sound like a good idea.
Servings Prep Time
23″diameter cake 20minutes
Cook Time
50minutes
Servings Prep Time
23″diameter cake 20minutes
Cook Time
50minutes
Ingredients
For the cake
For the icing:
Instructions
  1. Grease a 9” (23cm) cake tin (with oil or butter) and lined the base with baking or parchment paper.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan).
  3. In a saucepan, measure out the golden syrup, brown sugar, marmalade, and oil. Heat and stir until melted. Take off the heat.
  4. To the saucepan, add the grated ginger, then the boiling water with the soda. Pour this mixture into a large bowl.
  5. Sieve all the dry ingredients together and add to the batter in the bowl.
  6. Stir in the flour mixture gently.
  7. Finally, fold in the beaten eggs.
  8. Pour the batter into the lined cake tin and bake in the centre of the oven for about 45-50mins. After 45 minutes check the centre with a skewer or knife for doneness. Once the knife comes out clean it’s done. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
  9. Once the cake has cooled make the icing. For the icing, place the icing sugar in a small bowl and add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Beat together with a small whisk or spoon, until you have a smooth glaze. Add a little more lemon juice so that the icing drip off thickly when the spoon is lifted. Drizzle over cake.
  10. If well wrapped, it improves with time and is apparently best a few days later, but we will never know as it was gone in two!
Recipe Notes
  • To measure the golden syrup – Use a large greased spoon to take out the golden syrup from the tin. Whatever you do, it’s nearly impossible not to get some syrup around the edges and sides of the tin – just wipe it with a clean cloth before putting away.

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