Golden Syrup Gingerbread Cake
Serve this lovely light and spicy gingerbread cake warm with icecream for a real treat. You can use molasses or golden syrup depending on which flavour you prefer, molasses is darker.
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 1 1/2 cups (185g) plain flour
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 125g margarine
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup light molasses or golden syrup
- 1/2 cup boiling water
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour a 23cm round pan. Sift together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream margarine and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and molasses or golden syrup. Add flour mixture and water. Beat until smooth.
- Pour batter into pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and serve warm.
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Reviews and Ratings
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The texture was pretty good! I thought it was a bit bland because I ate a slice on its own. Next slice will definitely have to be with something like icecream, cream or a fruit salad. But otherwise, pretty good. If I make this again, I think it would be a good idea to add glazed cherries and dried fruit. - 22 May 2016
I loved this recipe. I did make a few changes. I substituted applesauce for the shortening to make it lower in fat. I also used 1 teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon. I did not have any molasses so I used pure maple syrup. The end result was a moist and flavorful cake Thank you for sharing this recipe! - 06 Jan 2006 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
The cake came out light, fluffy, crumbly and delicious. I followed the recipe except for using 2 eggs instead of one and baking in a tube pan. My husband says it is the perfect cake. - 15 Mar 2002 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)