Ginger Loaf Cake

Ginger Loaf Cake

By Ocado
This ginger loaf cake, with its warming spices, is the perfect accompaniment for the delicious Speakeasy alcohol-infused ice cream. 
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Time and servings

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Ingredients

8 total
  • 175 g of unsalted butter
  • 200 g of caster sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of golden syrup
  • 200 ml of milk
  • 250 g of plain flour
  • 1 tbsp of ground ginger
  • 1 tsp of ground allspice
  • 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda

Method

9 steps
  1. Step 1

    Grease and Flour a 20cm x 10cm loaf tin

  2. Step 2

    Preheat oven to 180c

  3. Step 3

    Gently heat and stir the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a small saucepan, until fully combined

  4. Step 4

    Bring the mixture to the boil then remove from heat and set aside

  5. Step 5

    Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a large bowl

  6. Step 6

    Stir in the liquid mixture until just combined together, adding 200ml milk bit-by-bit until stirred through

  7. Step 7

    Pour the mix into the prepared loaf tin

  8. Step 8

    Reduce oven temperature to 160C and place loaf tin in the oven Bake for 1 hour or until the top of the loaf springs back when lightly touched

  9. Step 9

    Serve warm with a generous scoop of Ice Cream