Ginger and marmalade loaf cake
By Claire
About This Recipe
This light, easy-to-make ginger loaf cake has an extra layer of flavour thanks to the addition of orange marmalade and zest.
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Instructions
Ingredients
- 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
- 100g/3½oz dark brown sugar
- 2 free-range eggs
- 175g/6oz self-raising flour
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1½ tsp ground ginger
- 2 tbsp orange marmalade
- 1 orange, finely grated zest only
- 4 bulbs stem ginger, chopped, plus 2 tbsp ginger syrup from the jar
Method
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Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Grease or line a 2lb/900g loaf tin.
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Cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in an egg, then mix in half the flour. Beat in the other egg and the milk, then mix in the rest of the flour, the ground ginger, marmalade, orange zest, chopped ginger and syrup.
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Spoon into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 30–40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
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Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack. Keep in an airtight tin or wrapped in foil for up to a week.
Nutritional Information
butter
brown sugar
eggs
self-raising flour
milk
ground ginger
marmalade
orange
stem ginger
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Ginger and marmalade loaf cake