Tom Aikens Ginger Cake
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Ingredients
- 230g Self-Raising Flour
- 4g Bicarbonate Soda
- 7.5g Ground Ginger
- 2.5g Ground Cinnamon
- 2.5g Ground Allspice
- 110g Unsalted Butter
- 110g Black Treacle
- 110g Golden Syrup
- 110g Dark Brown Sugar
- 140ml Milk
- 140ml Coca-Cola
- 45g Stem Ginger, chopped
- 2 Eggs, beaten
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Description
I have always loved the spicy flavour of Ginger Cake. The Coca-Cola really helps bring out the spiciness. For Coca-Cola, by Tom Aikens
Method
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Preheat oven to 200 degrees centigrade / 180 degrees in a fan oven / Gas Mark 6. Grease and flour a 900g loaf tin, then sift the flour, bicarbonate soda and spices into a bowl. Add the diced butter and rub in so it's like fine breadcrumbs. Melt the treacle and syrup in a pan then leave to cool to room temperature. In another pan melt the sugar in the milk, add the stem ginger and Coca-Cola then put this into the flour mix and add the treacle mix and egg. Pour this all into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes. You will be able to tell when it is cooked by inserting a skewer into the middle of the cake and if it comes out dry, it's ready.
This is delicious, perfect winter pudding and so moist. But be warned there is no such thing as 'just the one slice.'