The DOMVS Almanac issue #3_Summer 2021

Sugar and Spice
All things nice: The Dorset Ginger Company’s ginger drizzle cake
Ingredients:
For the cake:
• 60ml Dorset Ginger Co. Extra Strong
• 200g/7oz softened butter
• 200g/7oz caster sugar
• 200g/7oz self-raising flour
• 3 medium eggs
• Couple of cubes of crystalised ginger cut into small
pieces (optional)
For the ginger icing:
• 2 tbsp Dorset Ginger Co. Extra Strong
• 200g/7oz icing sugar
• Couple of cubes of thinly sliced crystalised ginger
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line and
grease a 1lb loaf tin or a 20cm/8” cake tin.
2. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and
beat until light and fluffy.
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3. Whisk in the eggs a little at a time. If the mixture
starts to curdle, add 1 tbsp of flour. Use a metal spoon to
fold in the rest of the flour.
4. Add the 60ml Dorset Ginger Co. Extra Strong and stir
well. Add the chopped up crystalised ginger at this point,
if you are using it.
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5. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake in the
centre of the oven for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer
inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
⁣When it’s risen, golden and shrinking from the tin,
remove the cake from the oven and prick it all over with
a cocktail stick at least 20 times.
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6. Drizzle it with more Dorset Ginger Co. Extra Strong.
Allow it to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then carefully
remove it from the tin and transfer to a cooling rack.
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7. Once the cake is completely cool, mix up the 2 tbsp of
Dorset Ginger Co. Extra Strong with enough icing sugar
to make a thick paste. Drizzle this over the cake, then
decorate with thinly sliced crystalised ginger.
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