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Sticky stem ginger cake

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 18 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 225g (1 ¾ cups) self-raising flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
    • 115g reduced-fat spread
    • ¼ cup fresh ginger, very finely chopped
    • 115g (¾ cup) soft brown sugar
    • ½ cup apple sauce
    • 115g (⅓ cup) treacle
    • ½ cup skim milk
    • 1 egg, beaten
    • Icing
    • 5 tablespoons icing sugar, sifted
    • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
    • fresh mint (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Lightly grease a ring cake tin. Preheat oven to 160ºC. Place flour, soda and spices in a large bowl. Rub in spread to form breadcrumbs. Add ginger.

    2 Place sugar, apple sauce, treacle and milk in a pan and heat gently until sugar dissolved. Turn up heat and bring almost to the boil.

    3 Pour warm liquid over flour mix, stirring with a wooden spoon. Add beaten egg and stir until mixture forms a thick batter.

    4 Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely before turning out of pan.

    5 To make icing, mix icing sugar with a little water. Drizzle over cake and sprinkle with ginger pieces. Serve decorated with mint (if using).

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free baking mix instead of flour, and add 1 3/4 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder. Check apple sauce and icing sugar are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    This ginger cake will keep in a sealed container for 4 days. Alternatively, freeze the un-iced cake.

     

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