Iced Ginger Cake with Stem Ginger | ExpatWomanFood.com

Ingredients

• 280g plain flour
• 1 level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• Half a teaspoon of allspice
• Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
• 2 small pieces of stem ginger [about 15g each]
• 120g butter
• 1 tablespoon of ginger syrup [from the stem ginger jar]
• 320g golden syrup
• 120g black treacle
• 125ml cold water
• 2 eggs
• For the icing:
• 115g icing sugar
• 1 level teaspoon of ground ginger
• About 3 teaspoons of cold water
• A piece of stem ginger