The ultimate ginger loaf cake

  • Portion size: Serves 10
  • Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 50 min
  • Difficulty: easy

Soft, squidgy and loaded with spice, our ultimate ginger loaf cake recipe makes a tempting teatime treat. The addition of black treacle adds real depth of flavour and creates the cake’s wonderful sticky exterior. If you’ve never made a ginger cake before, you’ve got to give it a go!

Or take this classic bake up a notch with our date and ginger cake with a caramel glaze. 

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Ingredients

  • 175g unsalted butter, diced, plus extra for greasing
  • 175g light muscovado sugar
  • 175g black treacle
  • 200ml whole milk
  • 2 large free-range eggs, beaten
  • 250g plain flour
  • 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease and line a 1.5kg loaf tin.
  2. Melt together the butter, sugar and treacle, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the milk. Set aside to cool until lukewarm, then beat in the eggs.
  3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, spices and a pinch of salt into a large bowl, then make a well in the centre. Pour in the milk mixture and stir to make a smooth batter. Give the bowl a sharp rap on a work surface to get rid of any air bubbles.
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  5. Pour the batter into the tin, then bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Don’t open the door before 40 minutes has passed as your cake will almost certainly sink in the centre.
  6. Leave to cool in the tin, then turn out. Wrap in baking paper, then cling film. Store overnight or for up to 1 week before serving.

Nutrition

  • 356kcals Calories
  • 17g (10.4g saturated) Fat
  • 4.9g protein Protein
  • 50.2g (29.3g sugar) Carbs
  • 1g Fibre
  • 0.4g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Watch a handy video showing you how to make the loaf here:

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Reviews

Sophie Knox Richmond

Such a simple, utterly delicious, ginger loaf recipe. It only gets stickier as the days go on so I would recommend making a few days ahead, if you can. Having said that, it is still wonderful if you can’t resist!

delicious-admin

We’re glad to hear that this recipe is a winner for you. Thank you for sharing your tip on the benefits of making it ahead!

taylor@mailinator.com

One of my favourites. This loaf gets better in a couple of days, so plan ahead when you make it.

Ashley Sumner

Great recipe – it turned out great and I made another one the following week, which was also delicious! Bookmarked as my favourite ginger cake now.

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