Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, gingerbread cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread cake using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Cake:
- Make ready Cake:
- Take Unsalted Butter, For Greasing
- Take 227 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Take 1 1/4 TSP Baking Soda,
- Make ready 2 TSP Ground Ginger,
- Get 1 TSP Cinnamon Powder,
- Make ready 1 TSP All Spice Powder,
- Prepare 1/2 TSP Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
- Get Lemon Glaze:
- Prepare 1/4 TSP Ground Cloves,
- Take Fresh Lemon Zest, 1 Lemon
- Make ready Chinese 5 Spice, 1/4 TSP
- Prepare 42 g Icing Sugar,
- Make ready 1 Egg Light Beaten,
- Get 1/2 Cup Muscovado Sugar,
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Blackstrap Molasses,
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,
- Make ready 1 Cup Icing Sugar,
- Get 1/4 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice,
- Make ready Espresso Tuile (Optional):
- Prepare 1 TBSP Espresso Warm,
- Prepare 1 TBSP Warm Water,
- Take 21 g Unsalted Butter Melted,
- Take 23 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Get To Serve (Optional):
- Get High Quality Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, For Serving
Parkin is a traditional ginger cake from Northern England flavoured with syrupy molasses, oatmeal and warm spices. Begin by placing the tin of black treacle (without a lid) in a saucepan of barely simmering water to warm it and make it easier to measure (see this recipe for weighing treacle). Sift the flour and spices into a large bowl, then mix the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and set it on one side. Ground Ginger And plenty of it!
Instructions to make Gingerbread Cake:
- Prepare the cake. - - Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius or 350 fahrenheit. - - Grease cake pan with butter. - - Lightly dust some flour onto the cake pan. - - Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg, cloves and Chinese 5 spice. - - Stir to combine well. - - Add in egg and sugar. - - Stir to combine well and until the egg has fully incorporated.
- Add in molasses and oil. - - Fold to combine well. - - Transfer into the cake pan. - - Give it a few taps on the counter to knock out some air bubbles.
- Wack into the oven and bake for about 35 mins or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake. - - Remove from oven and set aside. - - While the cake is baking, prepare the lemon glaze.
- In a sauce pot over medium low heat, add sugar, lemon juice and zest. - - Stir to combine well and until the sugar has fully dissolved. - - As soon as bubbles start to form along the edge, remove from heat. - - Once cake is out of the oven, pour the lemon glaze onto the cake.
- Using an offset spatula to spread the glaze out evenly. - - Set aside for the cake to cool down completely before unmolding and slicing. - - The following steps are optional. Prepare tuile.
- In a bowl, add sugar, espresso, water and butter. - - The butter has to be just melted thru and is still hot. It is best to add a little extra butter for melting to ensure you have the exact or more than the amount required. As some weight loss will occur due to evaporation.
- Stir to combine well and until the sugar has fully dissolved. - - Sieve in flour in batches and mix to combine well. - - Make sure no lumps.
- Cover with cling film and set aside in the fridge for about 30 to 45 mins or until the mixture is slightly hardened. - - In a skillet over medium heat, add 1 TBSP of the mixture. - - Using the back of a spoon, light press and swirl the mixture into a circle.
- You should see that it starts to bubble away and the edges start to brown. - - Continue cooking until the liquid has almost evaporate. - - Remove the skillet from heat and rub against a damp kitchen towel. - - Carefully, using an offset spatula to remove the tuile.
- Immediately place the tuile onto a rolling pin to form a cup shape. - - Repeat the process for the remaining tuile. - - To serve. - - Scoop ice cream into a serving slice of the gingerbread cake. - - Place the tuile over the top. - - Serve immediately.
Sift the flour and spices into a large bowl, then mix the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and set it on one side. Ground Ginger And plenty of it! Mixed Spice, Nutmeg and Cinnamon All delicious extras which add more flavour and depth to your gingerbread. Free-range Eggs The traditional glue of choice in any cake batter. I don't tend to stress to much about the size.
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