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delicious ginger loaf with a lemon icing
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Easy Ginger Loaf Cake

A lovely light ginger cake topped with a simple lemon icing
Course cake
Cuisine English
Keyword easy ginger loaf cake, ginger, Ginger cake, ginger loaf cake, loaf cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 313kcal

Ingredients

  • 225 g Plain Flour
  • 50 g Golden caster Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 125 g Butter
  • 250 g Golden Syrup
  • 1 egg
  • 75 ml milk
  • 75 g Icing Sugar
  • 4-5 teaspoons Lemon Juice
  • Grated zest of 1 lemon

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 150C fan /300F / Gas 2
  • Grease and line a 2llb loaf tin or use a loaf liner
  • Mix your dry ingredients together in a bowl, flour, sugar, Bicarb of Soda, ginger and cinnamon
  • Melt your butter with your golden syrup in a bowl over a pan of hot water
  • Once your butter has melted in the syrup,  add half of this mix to your flour and mix well
  • Then add the egg and beat
  • Followed by the remainder of the butter syrup mix. Stir it really well
  • Finally add your milk and mix
  • Pour your mix into your lined or greased loaf tin and bake in the centre of your oven for approx 60 minutes
  • Once golden brown and firm to touch remove from the oven and tin and cool on a cooling rack
  • When your loaf is cold. Simply mix your icing sugar with lemon juice to using a spoon stir until smooth 
  • Pour the icing over the cake, use a teaspoon to spread a little  Finally sprinkle with your grated lemon zest

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Calories: 313kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 349IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg