- What should I wear?
I seem to be asking myself this everyday and not it a normal "my wardrobe is full, but I have no clothes and hate everyone way" but because the weather is so random. Hot, cold, humid, rainy?!....who knows. Now as much as I love it not being too cold, I would rather the weather made up it's mind and I knew what was going on. I mean it's October, enough already, I want my cool crisp nights and snugly jumpers!
If the weather won't embrace the correct season I sure as heck will! Cue this spicy, rich ginger cake! I absolutely love winter and am really looking forward to Halloween, Fireworks night and Christmas (but we won't mention that yet). Anything that reminds me of the winter season is a favourite in my book. Ginger is so warm, flavoursome and lovely in this cake.
- I used to make Bundt cake's all the time with my mum and grandma in america. They always produce moist cakes - something to do with not having to cook the middle of the cake - and they look great.
The trouble is getting it out of the tin (you can only grease the crevices so much) but it always seems to break a bit every time. I mean I don't mind so much because I use icing as a sort of glue which means you may get more icing as an added bonus when you tuck in.
I was super pleased recently when I found a silicone bundt tin! It is great, the cake comes out of the tin perfect every time.
- I used a recipe from Allrecipes.co.uk. I love this site, It's really useful reading people's comments and making a tried and tested recipe. I did adjust it slightly because of the comments- my version is ingredients below.
- 100g caster sugar
- 125g butter
- 1 egg
- 100ml treacle
- 125g Golden syrup
- 300g plain flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2/3 teaspoon ground ginger (or use fresh if you can)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 250ml hot water
I topped it with cinnamon cream but it would also go great with cream cheese icing.
1. Whisk double cream, with half a teaspoon of cinnamon, until it forms soft peaks.
2. Slather on top - lovely and fresh!
This cake looks fab! I really like ginger in cakes. I might have to try this in my bundt tin.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the amount of icing on the top, nom nom!
ReplyDeleteThis cake looks sooo good and ginger cake is one of the best - especially at this time of year. I've been looking for a silicone ring mould for ages but have had no success so far. I've never cooked with a ring mould before, but I really like the effect.
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ReplyDeleteMissCakeBaker - Do try it, it's yum. Using fresh ginger makes it even better.
Nom! - Me too, I such an icing junkie!
Choclette - I have completely forgotten where I got it from for some reason but I just googled it and quite a few results came up. I definately recommend it!
I love, love, love ginger cakes this time of year! Delicious Cakefairy!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, a bit of cold weather is well overdue! What a fabulous looking cake. GG
ReplyDeleteOooooh yummy! I have had a bundt tin for 6 months now and not yet had the courage to try it out but this looks awesome, especially now the weather is turning chilly! Looks fab and I love the sound of cinnamon cream!
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