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For extra moistness use a skewer to poke a few holes in the cake and pour a few tbsp of the ginger syrup. Add the flour to a large bowl along with the cinnamon.
Remove from the oven and while its still warm brush with some of the stem ginger syrup to glaze.
Jamaican ginger cake recipe bbc. Ingredients 170 g gluten free self-raising flour 70 g black treacle 70 g golden syrup 70 g dark brown soft sugar 70 g dairy free spread 2 tbsp ground ginger 12 tsp ground nutmeg 34 tsp bicarbonate of soda. Ingredients 60g butter 125g golden syrup 100g plain flour 25g self raising flour 1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger 05 teaspoon mixed spice 100g caster sugar Pinch of salt. Method STEP 1 This mix makes enough to fill 2 x standard 7inch Victoria sandwitch tins or 1 x 10inch diameter tin.
STEP 2 Gently heat the margarine sugar and treacle together in a pan. Pour batter into loaf tin and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes see tip below. Remove from the oven and while its still warm brush with some of the stem ginger syrup to glaze.
For extra moistness use a skewer to poke a few holes in the cake and pour a few tbsp of the ginger syrup. Begin by placing the tin of black treacle without a lid in a saucepan of barely simmering water to warm it and make it easier to measure see this recipe for weighing treacle. Sift the flour and spices into a large bowl then mix the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and set it on one side.
Preheat the oven to 180C gas mark 4 and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Sieve the flour bicarbonate of soda and spices together into a large mixing bowl and add the cubes of butter. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients as if you were making pastry until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
How to make Jamaican ginger cake Preheat oven at 180c356FGas mark 4 and line two loaf tins with either a liner or parchment paper. Add the flour to a large bowl along with the cinnamon. Our pantry was never short of a packet or two of sticky sweet McVities Jamaica Ginger Cake and as I learned to cook the BBC Good Food Sticky Stem Ginger Cake recipe provided a spot on homemade version that tastes just like the real thing.
Roll forward a few years and now milk and egg free I decided that creating a vegan version was a must. The BBC recipe works brilliantly with a few.