Ginger Cake With Rhubarb Frosting

Brilliant bake alert! This ginger cake with rhubarb frosting is perfect for elevenses, afternoon tea...or any time of day really! It looks absolutely stunning and utilises the very best seasonal ingredients. This cake featured in the masterclass section of James Martin's Saturday Morning!

Ingredients

  • 125g butter
  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 50g black treacle
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 20g ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 300ml milk
  • 6 knobs stem ginger, chopped
  • 3 stems rhubarb, halved lengthwise then sliced into 5cm lengths
  • 1 tablespoon ginger syrup
  • 200g mascarpone
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 3 stem rhubarb, halved lengthwise then sliced into 5cm lengths
  • Juices from roasted rhubarb

Method

Pre heat the oven 180°c.

In a saucepan gently heat the butter, sugar and treacle.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, ginger, eggs, milk and stem ginger.  Whisk in the butter mixture then the bicarbonate of soda and pour into a greased and lined 2 lb loaf tin.  Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour then leave to cool.

Prepare all the rhubarb and place onto a baking tray. Drizzle over the syrup and roast for 10 minutes, then cool.

 

To make the icing beat together the mascarpone, icing sugar, rhubarb and juices.  Spread over the top of the cake then decorate with the remaining rhubarb.

Ingredients

  • 125g butter
  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 50g black treacle
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 20g ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 300ml milk
  • 6 knobs stem ginger, chopped
  • 3 stems rhubarb, halved lengthwise then sliced into 5cm lengths
  • 1 tablespoon ginger syrup
  • 200g mascarpone
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 3 stem rhubarb, halved lengthwise then sliced into 5cm lengths
  • Juices from roasted rhubarb

Method

Pre heat the oven 180°c.

In a saucepan gently heat the butter, sugar and treacle.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, ginger, eggs, milk and stem ginger.  Whisk in the butter mixture then the bicarbonate of soda and pour into a greased and lined 2 lb loaf tin.  Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour then leave to cool.

Prepare all the rhubarb and place onto a baking tray. Drizzle over the syrup and roast for 10 minutes, then cool.

 

To make the icing beat together the mascarpone, icing sugar, rhubarb and juices.  Spread over the top of the cake then decorate with the remaining rhubarb.