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Has anyone got a nice recipe for a Ginger Cake please? Not Gingerbread but cake. I used one I got off the internet but it was not very nice. A nice sticky one would be preferable if anyone has one!!
Many thanks
Yvonne

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Molly

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I love the BBC goood food website.....cooked many a great recipe off there.bought all the ingredientas to make a good ginger cake for over xmas..and never got round to it
so now going to give this cake a bash......and use fresh grated ginger instead of stem ginger.......as I have loads of fresh ginger in the fridge......and I haven't seen stem ginger here in the shops
cake sounds yummy
prob put lashings of thick custard with ours......and ice the rest
happy baking all
and thanx for posting
maggie

Maggie you can get stem ginger in Alphamega - I don't think grated fresh ginger would work. I may be wrong of course, let me know!

Lesley

hi lesley
where is Alphamega?
we live in Peyia
and when I read through the many reviews for the cake above....some had substitued grated fresh ginger for stem ginger to good efect !!
which is why I was going to gve it a go
must admit I do love fresh ginger.it just doesn't love me ay more lol
maggie

Thankyou for your comments and you can get Stem Ginger in most of the supermarkets but yes definitely at Alpha Mega as bought some the other day. Alpha Mega is the new supermarket on the motorway roundabout by the new Cinema complex.
Yvonne

not seen any in any supermarkets.....but will re-look
and don't laugh
but where is the new cinema complex?
only know the round about near the start of the motorway
is this the one that you mean?
maggie

No Maggie I am not laughing!! Yes that is the roundabout but Alpha Mega is down the dual carriageway a little bit just before the Petrol Station, so you would either have to go up the dual carriageway from the Debenhams roundabout as it is on that side or go down the side street at the top of Butcher Boy Road. It is sign posted. Hope this helps
Yvonne

cheers yvonne
for the directions
we know most places now and how to get there
mostly... it has to be said.... from the excellent directions given to us from this fab forum
we will have a go ........
and please tell us how the ginger cake recipe went
if you end up making it before me
maggie

Yummy Scrummy or what
got some Stem Ginger from paps down at the harbour today
came home and made my Sticky Ginger Cake
Oh My Word
talk about the nicest Ginger Cake I have ever tasted......and so easy to make
I ended up making 2 sandwhich size cake tins.......as over here I haven't got a large cake tin or loaf tin...I was worried that the cake wouldn't be sticky
I was completely wrong
they are complety moist and sticky all the way through
I made the recipe up by melting thhe butter in with the treacle, syrup, sugar and milk...like some one else had...before mixing with the dried ingredients and then the egg....and it worked a treat
I have used a lemon icing drizzle as told too.....but personally....I won't bother next time...as not needed for us..............next time will leave plain and eat with a dollop of plain yoghurt also will probably make muffins next time
enjoy your sticky cake
and thankyou Molly for finding this brilliant recipe
maggie
ps: edd has just finished a HUGE pice of cake with the lemon icing on.....and said......he adores it iced...he loves the zingy lemon with the treacle , ginger flavours
guess I'll be making both types then

Philippos sells Stem Ginger --small jars -if you cant get it give me a PM I have spare . Marj

2nd cake gone.....it really was far TOO good to keep ...and being honest........once icy cold the lemon icing was truly delicious against the sticky ginger cake
so thumbs up for the best sticky ginger cake ever

maggie

Well done Maggie, I still haven't got round to making one yet but maybe tomorrow!!!!
Yvonne

Yvonne
let us know how you get on......it was the easiest cake I have ever made
and
Marj thanx for the tip of being able to buy in Philipos......and the offer to buy your spare jar....that was very kind of you

can't wait for next Friday....to bake again
would bake it today
but not good to have cake every day
keeping this one for weekend specials

maggie

Hi Maggie
Well did it at last!! It is a truly delicious sticky cake. I am not a lover of Ginger but have to say that this one is scrummy!!
Yvonne

hi Yvonne
made another one today along with six muffins as had friends popping round..they also where wowed with this recipe........
and said...........yummy scrummy as well
isn't it easy to make lol
todays offering as would be expectedis now almost gone
did you melt the butter in with the treacle and syrup etcv etc.what an easy way too do things
also this time I left the stem ginger in bigger pieces........so that every now and then you got one and bit into it
did you use the lemon icing?
never be slim for summer at this rate
but
I will be happy
maggie

Hahaha you are more than welcome.......

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molly
just made our 4th batch
friends adore it as do edd and myself
bit expensive to make
but
wow
quality always wins out in the end
and it really IS the easiest cake recipe to do ever
got a cake put by for the weekend
cheers
maggie