Fancy something spiced, sweet and perfect for winter? then this easy tray-bake cake for you!
(10 simple steps)
Ingredients:
(For the cake)
450g organic, all purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
5 tsp ground ginger
3 tsp mixed spice
2 balls of stem ginger (diced)
75g caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
160ml sunflower oil
170g golden syrup
170g treacle
360ml boiling water
(For the icing on top)
75g icing sugar (powdered sugar)
1 tsp water
Method:
- preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4
- grease a 23/33 cm rectangular cake tin and line with parchment
- whisk together the organic flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice, ginger, caster sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- add the golden syrup, treacle, sunflower oil and boiling water to the same bowl and whisk until a smooth batter.
- once smooth, add your diced stem ginger to the bowl and mix it in.
- pour the batter into your baking tin and bake for around 25-30 minutes.
(i like it slightly gooey in the middle so 25 minutes is just enough but if thats not your preference then 30 minutes will be perfect!). - leave to cool in the tin for another 25 minutes and then carefully flip the cake onto a drying rack.
- to make the icing for the top, place your icing sugar into a bowl and add, little by little, the water until a smooth paste is formed.
- get a spoon and use zig-zag lines over the cake to coat the top of the cake with the icing.
- cut into squares and serve!
Recipe tips:
- If you do not have icing powder, simply blend 75g caster sugar in a blender and your icing powder will be made!