Sorry to all you sun worshippers who flourish in sunglasses and bikinis, but I am SO ready for Autumn. Autumn is the most beautiful, intense, colourful month and a baker’s dream. No restrictions on warm flavours like ginger and cinnamon and the earth just offers up the best pie fillings- apples, blackberries and , as I learnt last year, pumpkin. So, here are a serious of blogs comprising my love letter to Autumn.
1. Ginger Cake
So…for some strange reason, people won’t eat this all year round- and as fun as solitary
ginger cake eating is, it’s ultimately unfulfilling. I have been hunting for eternity for ginger cake recipe I like and finally, it happened. This one is glorious with greek yoghurt, and just as gorgeous warmed and smothered in custard.
Oh I bloody love Autumn.
Ginger Cake
(from http://www.bbcgoodfood.com)
60g butter
125g golden syrup
100g plain flour
25g self raising flour
1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger
0.5 teaspoon mixed spice
100g caster sugar
Pinch of salt
125ml milk
1 egg, beaten
Method
Grease and line a 20cm square cake tin or a 2lb loaf tin. Pre-heat oven to 170c/gas mark 3. I’ve got a fan oven to I set mine to 160c.
Put butter and golden syrup ina small saucepan and melt over a low heat, stirring occasionally, then remove from heat.
Sift both flours, the soda and the spices into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and salt , give it a good stir, then add the egg and milk mixing until smooth.
Gradually add the melted butter/syrup mix, stirring until well combined.Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 50-55mins (fan oven I would say 40-45mins) until risen and firm to the touch.
Allow to cool in the tin for 5mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
Ready for Autumn in a picture?
Stay Unchained ❤
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