Gingerbread and Ginger Cake

Welcome to James' Granny's gorgeous recipes! Her Gingerbread recipe is perfect for making gorgeous edible Christmas decorations...or for simply making into biscuits for eating straight away! The Ginger Cake is sweet and delicious and is wonderful for an afternoon treat over the festive period...or any other time of year!

Ingredients

Gingerbread
  • 350g plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 125g butter
  • 175g light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbs golden syrup
Ginger Cake
  • 125g butter
  • 200g dark muscavado sugar
  • 50g black treacle
  • 300g sr flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 20g ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 300ml milk
To top the Ginger Cake:
  • 400ml double cream
  • 1 tbs ginger nibs

Method

Gingerbread

Pre heat the oven to 180c

Mix dry ingredients in food processor. Then add butter blitz to breadcrumbs, add egg and syrup blitz again until it all comes together. Remove and wrap in cling and chill.

Roll out, cut out and bake for 10 to 12 mins, cool and decorate as desired.

Ginger Cake

Pre heat the oven 180c. In a saucepan gently heat the butter and treacle.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, ginger, eggs, milk and then whisk in the butter mixture. The add the bicarb, pour into a greased lined 2 lb loaf tin and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Leave to cool.

Whip the cream to a soft peak, spoon over the cake then sprinkle over the ginger nibs.

 

Ingredients

Gingerbread
  • 350g plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 125g butter
  • 175g light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbs golden syrup
Ginger Cake
  • 125g butter
  • 200g dark muscavado sugar
  • 50g black treacle
  • 300g sr flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 20g ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 300ml milk
To top the Ginger Cake:
  • 400ml double cream
  • 1 tbs ginger nibs

Method

Gingerbread

Pre heat the oven to 180c

Mix dry ingredients in food processor. Then add butter blitz to breadcrumbs, add egg and syrup blitz again until it all comes together. Remove and wrap in cling and chill.

Roll out, cut out and bake for 10 to 12 mins, cool and decorate as desired.

Ginger Cake

Pre heat the oven 180c. In a saucepan gently heat the butter and treacle.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, ginger, eggs, milk and then whisk in the butter mixture. The add the bicarb, pour into a greased lined 2 lb loaf tin and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Leave to cool.

Whip the cream to a soft peak, spoon over the cake then sprinkle over the ginger nibs.