Iced Gingerbread Cake

Name: Iced Gingerbread Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 225g Butter; 225g light muscavado sugar; 225g golden syrup; 225g black treacle; 225g SR flour; 225g wholemeal self raising Flour; 20ml Ground Ginger; 2 Eggs; 300ml Milk; 250g icing sugar; milk

5 steps

Prep:10minCook:50min

This cake is perfect for the winter months and is perfect for a christmas treat

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:53:21 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories418.5 kcal (21%)

Total Fat13.2 g (19%)

Carbs68.8 g (26%)

Sugars49.3 g (55%)

Protein4.6 g (9%)

Sodium265.6 mg (13%)

Fiber1.9 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

16 servings

For the cake

225gbutter

225glight muscavado sugar

225ggolden syrup

225gblack treacle

225gsr flour

225gwholemeal self raising Flour

20mlGround Ginger

2eggs

300mlmilk

For the icing

250gicing sugar

milk

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 160°C grease and line Traybake tin

Step 2

Butter, sugar, syrup, treacle into a pan, Flours and ground ginger into a large bowl, eggs and milk in a measuring jug.

Step 3

Heat the ingredients in the pan gently until the mixture has melted evenly. Allow to cool slightly

Step 4

Beat the eggs into the milk, pour the cooled butter syrup mixture into the flour along with the egg and milk mixture, beat until smooth.Bake until well risen, golden and springs back.

Step 5

Leave to cool, place on cooling rack mix icing sugar with Milk until it is the desired consistency for icing and pour over the cake and when cold cut into 16 squares.