Squidgy Gingerbread Loaf
There's nothing better than a soft squidgy slice of gingerbread cake at this time of year. Dark, fragrant and warming it's perfect with a cup of tea or for serving as part of a festive buffet at Christmas. You could even reheat slices and serve it with clotted cream or custard for a quick and easy pudding. It's definitely up there as one of my all time favourite cakes and it's so simple to make too.
The gingerbread cake needs to be made a few days in advance of when you want to eat it to ensure a lovely sticky moist loaf. I also stash one away in the freezer which I can pull out at a moments notice for unexpected guests. You really can't go wrong with this recipe!
TIPS FOR MAKING THE GINGERBREAD CAKE
- Gingerbread cake tastes better if left for a few days before eating. So once its cool, wrap it up in some baking paper and foil and store away in a dark place for up to 3 days.
- Make an easy orange icing for the cake by mixing sifted icing sugar with some orange juice and drizzle over the loaf before slicing.
- Use leftover gingerbread cake (although I doubt there will be any) as the base for a festive trifle.
OTHER GINGERBREAD RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE
- Treacle Gingerbread Loaf from The English Kitchen
- Sticky Banana Ginger Cake from Tin and Thyme
- Stella's Sticky Ginger Cake from Lucy Loves
SQUIDGY GINGERBREAD LOAF
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Squidgy Gingerbread Loaf Cake
A squidgy gingerbread loaf cake perfect for Christmas. Make it 3 days before you need it to ensure maximum stickiness and flavour.
prep time: 10 minscook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 hours and 10 mins
ingredients:
- 100g Golden Syrup
- 100g Black Treacle
- 100g Unsalted Butter
- 100g Dark Brown Sugar
- 175g Plain Flour
- 1/2 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1 TBSP Ground Ginger
- 1 TSP Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Egg
- 75g Stem Ginger in Syrup, chopped
- 100ml Whole Milk
instructions
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 170°C (150°C fan) and line and grease a 2lb Loaf Tin.
Step 2: In a large pan melt the syrup, treacle, butter and sugar until melted and set aside to cool.
Step 3: Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger and ground cinnamon in a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
Step 4: Stir the melted butter mixture, the egg, chopped stem ginger and milk into the flour mix and stir until combined.
Step 5: Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 60 minutes. Cool then wrap in baking paper and foil for 2-3 days before slicing. Alternatively place in the freezer until needed.
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MORE RECIPES
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If you like the look of this cake then check out another of my favourites on the blog - Apple Crumble and Custard Buttercream Cake
This looks gorgeous Beth and just like a sticky gingerbread should. The orange icing sounds like a fab edition. Thanks for linking up to my gingerbread :)
ReplyDeleteI tried a similar recipe for the first time last week and am completely hooked!
ReplyDeleteSo so excited to stumble upon a proper English gingerbread with treacle!! Baking this now and going to try hold out til Xmas! Or atleast the recommended 3 days hehe
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we did Naterlee
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