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Try our Jamaican ginger cake, then discover our easy ginger cake, Jamaican spiced Easter bun, ginger and caramel cake and Jamaican rum punch. Now find out 10 things we love about Jamaican cuisine.

HOW TO STORE JAMAICAN GINGER CAKE

Store for up to 3 days in an airtight container or freeze in slices.


Jamaican ginger cake recipe

  • 200g unsalted butter
    softened
  • 125g soft dark brown sugar
  • 115g treacle
  • 3 eggs
    beaten
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp mixed spice
  • 3 stem ginger balls
    roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar (optional)

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal426
  • fat23g
  • saturates13.7g
  • carbs48.6g
  • sugars28.9g
  • fibre1.3g
  • protein5.5g
  • salt0.39g

Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 6 and line a 2lb loaf in with butter and baking paper, leaving some hanging over the edge so you can take it out easily.

  • step 2

    Put the butter and brown sugar into a bowl and beat with an electric whisk for 3-4 mins until fluffy. Add in the treacle and then gradually beat in the eggs. Don’t worry if the mixture splits at this point.

  • step 3

    Once combined, add the self-raising flour, ginger, mixed spice, stem ginger and milk and gently beat until you have a smooth batter. Tip into the tin and bake for 50 mins-1 hour until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5 mins in the tin, before transferring onto a cooling rack and leaving to cool completely. You can dust with some icing sugar before serving, if you like.

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Authors

Liberty MendezRecipe developer
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