Rich Dark Gingerbread Cake
Tip: Use a silicone palette knife to ease cake around the edge before turning out.
- Contains Dairy
- Contains Eggs
- Contains milk
Ingredients
- 6oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 4oz treacle
- 6oz dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 7oz plain flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1½ ground ginger
- 3 medium eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C.
Step 2
Generously grease Ninja Foodi Zerostick Medium 20cm square tin.
Step 3
Place a medium saucepan over medium-low heat and add butter, syrup and sugar. Cook stirring frequently, until mixture is smooth and melted, about 3 to 4 minutes . Then remove pan from heat to cool.
Step 4
In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder and ginger together. Add cooled butter mixture, vanilla bean paste, eggs and milk and mix together until evenly combined.
Step 5
Transfer cake mixture into greased square tin. Gently tap tin on countertop to make batter level.
Step 6
Place tin in oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Step 7
Cooking is complete when the loaf is firm to touch and when a cocktail stick inserted in middle of loaf comes out clean.
Step 8
Allow the loaf to cool in square tin for 10 minutes and before transferring the loaf to a wire rack to completely cool.
Step 9
Once cooled, cut into squares to serve.