Ginger cake with orange drizzle
- 175 grams butter
- 175 grams light muscovado sugar
- 3/4 cup golden syrup
- 3/4 cup black treacle
- 350 grams self raising flour
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 300 ml milk
- 1 egg
- 50 grams crystallised ginger optional
- 150 grams icing sugar
- 50 ml orange juice
- line a 20 cm square tin with baking parchment.
- preheat oven 160c
- melt butter, sugar, syurp and treacle in a pan and leave to cool slightly
- sieve flour and ground ginger in a mixing bowl.
- add wet mix to the dry mix and beat until combined
- add milk and egg and mix.
- if using crystallised ginger add now
- pour into tin and place in the oven for about 50 mins or a skewer comes out clean
- leave to cool for 5 mins while you sieve the icing sugar and mix with orange juice (pure and smooth) prick the cake all over with skewer making sure not to go too deep
- pour over the cake and spread evenly.
- leave to cool completely before slicing and serving
butter, sugar, golden syrup, black treacle, flour, ground ginger, milk, egg, ginger optional, icing sugar, orange juice
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/348281-ginger-cake-with-orange-drizzle (may not work)