Name: Taranaki Country Ginger Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 125g butter; 1 cup Chelsea White Sugar; 2 eggs beaten; ½ cup Chelsea Golden Syrup; 1 cup milk and 1 tsp baking soda mixed together; 2 cups plain flour; Pinch salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 Tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; Ginger Butter Icing; 2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar; 1 tsp ground ginger; 25g butter, melted; boiling water

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Taranaki Country Ginger Cake

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Preparation

10 mins

Bake

30 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

125g butter
1 cup Chelsea White Sugar
2 eggs beaten
½ cup Chelsea Golden Syrup
1 cup milk and 1 tsp baking soda mixed together
2 cups plain flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon

Ginger Butter Icing

2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
25g butter, melted
boiling water

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Reviews

16

What did you think of this recipe?

Summer Ford

It melted in my mouth and it was so amazingly fantastic!That is all I can say!

Christine

It was \can I have another piece\"? all round. Delicious."

Rachael

How would you make this into cupcakes? How many would it make and how long to bake them?Chelsea Sugar:This recipe has not been tested in a cupcake format. You could try Hayley's Ginger Cupcakes recipe available on our website instead. It makes 12 cupcakes.

Mick

30 to 45 mins is a bit broad! Can you be more specific? Mine came out a little dry, going to try using 1.5 cups of flour.CHELSEA: Hi there, ovens can vary so much and this can really affect the cooking time. We would recommend starting with 30 minutes and then monitoring carefully after that.

Andrea

Delicious & easy to make. I made it with gluten free flour & it worked perfectly. Decorated it with chopped crystallised ginger on the icing, so good!

Anonymous

The cake burnt on the outside but the inside was not even cooked :( No one ate it. We doubled the recipe to make a double layer cake but it all went to waste. I wouldn't recommend it. Even the icing failed.

Rae

Beautiful cake, nice hint of the spices. Easy recipe too

Judy, Sunshine Coast, Qld

Am going to bake this later this evening but instructions are not clear as to mixing the baking soda with milk, is that the 1 cup of milk it gets mixed with or a little bit of extra milk? Thanks.CHELSEA: Thanks for the feedback. We've amended the ingredients to show the milk and baking soda together. Cheers!

Ange

Beautiful cake. Very simple to make and delicious to eat. Definitely a winning recipe. Footnote : After 30 minutes I popped tin foil over the top to prevent the top from getting too dark. I then finished the cooking time off for a further 10-15 minutes until the cake was fully cooked inside.

Unknown

Love it! Made them as cupcakes and wow so YUM!

Method

Cream butter and Chelsea White Sugar. Add eggs, Chelsea Golden Syrup and milk. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into a large 25cm well greased or baking paper lined, ring tin. Bake for 30 - 45 mins at 180°C. Cool on a wire rack. When cold, ice with ginger butter icing.

Ginger Butter Icing : Mix Chelsea Icing Sugar, ground ginger and butter together, adding enough boiling water to make a spreadable butter icing.