BBC Food - Recipes - Gingerbread cake with orange icing

BBC Food - Recipes - Gingerbread cake with orange icing

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This rich, treacly gingerbread is addictively good. Try making it as an alternative to a traditional Christmas cake.

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Cooking tools:

  • Cake pan
  • Sifter
  • Cooling rack
  • Oven
  • Stove
  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Wooden spoon
  • Offset spatula
  • Skewer
  • Parchment paper
  • Metal spoon
  • Measuring spoon
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Pot

Ingredients

  • 225g/8oz butter , softened
  • 225g/8oz light muscovado sugar
  • 225g/8oz golden syrup
  • 225g/8oz black treacle
  • 225g/8oz self-raising flour , sifted
  • 225g/8oz wholemeal self-raising flour , sifted
  • 4 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp stem ginger (from a jar), chopped
  • 2 free-range eggs , beaten
  • 300ml/10½fl oz milk
  • 150g/5oz icing sugar
  • 1 orange , juice and zest

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