Easy Ginger Loaf Cake
Servings: 10
Calories: 313kcal
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A lovely light ginger cake topped with a simple lemon icing
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
Nutrition Facts
Easy Ginger Loaf Cake
Amount per Serving
Calories
313
% Daily Value*
Fat
11
g
17
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
3
g
Cholesterol
44
mg
15
%
Sodium
156
mg
7
%
Potassium
58
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
50
g
17
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
33
g
37
%
Protein
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
349
IU
7
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
24
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.