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Lily's Ginger Cake

Here's how you make Lily's Ginger Cake
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 45m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 8 ounces unsalted butter
  • 10 ounces granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water
  • 1 pound self-rising flour
  • 3 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda (in a little milk)
  • BUTTER CREAM
  • 8 ounces unsalted butter
  • 6 ounces icing sugar
  • 4 ounces drained crystallized ginger
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 170°c

  • Step 2: Melt butter, sugar and syrup in water. Add sieved flour and ginger. Add milk/baking soda mixture in and quickly beat well.

  • Step 3: Put into an 8” cake tin, greased and floured or lined

  • Step 4: Bake approx 45 minutes

  • Step 5: Take out and sit for five minutes then put onto a cake wire and cool.

  • Step 6: This cake is better if left to stand in an airtight tin, not in fridge for 24 hours then make butter cream.

  • Step 7: Sieve icing sugar carefully.

  • Step 8: Cream the butter and sugar together, add chopped ginger. Cut the cake in half horizontally and use this to sandwich the cake and also spread a little on top.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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