Gingerbread Cake Recipe Mary Berry

Ginger cakeThis traditional ginger cake from Mary Berry is a classic retro bake. The spiced, sticky traybake is delicious, easy to make so the perfect winter warming treat.

This ginger cake from Mary Berry is a traditional bake that’s a deliciously spiced, sticky winter treat. The traybake is light in texture with a warming spice that improves over time.

We’ve wanted to make a ginger cake for a while (after making some gingerbread cookies and discovering my youngest will bake something other that chocolate!) When I make classic bakes like this, ginger cake I like to try a Mary Berry recipe. I know they’re bound to be delicious, so then it’s just a case of making sure they’re easy enough for kids to do.

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This isn’t as easy as some recipes that mix everything together in one bowl but it’s certainly easy enough for kids to help with.

Kids of any age can help measure out all the ingredients although the black treacle can be a little sticky and messy.

Older children, that can be trusted around the cooker and a hot sauce pan, can also help to mix everything together. It’s quite fun to see how the texture changes and it all comes together as you stir it.

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Yes. The original recipe from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible makes a large 30×23 cm traybake but you can half the ingredients and make a 11x15cm baking tin. I’ve written the half quantities out below to save you the maths. You’ll also need to cook it for less time. Start with 30 minutes and give it more time if needed.

The flavour of the ginger cake should improve over time so it’s not one of those recipes which is best eaten while still warm from the oven (although it is still good warm!)

The cake will keep for a week or two if you wrap it in greaseproof paper and store it in an air tight container.

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Yes. Wrap it well in greaseproof paper, then cling film and it will freeze for around a month. Freeze it without the icing and if you want the iced glaze, add that once it’s been brought back up to room temperature.

If you don’t have any black treacle and can’t find any in the shops, you can swap it for the same amount of molasses or dark corn syrup.

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Preheat your oven to 160C / 140C Fan / 320F and get your kids to grease a 30x23cm baking or roasting tin. Line the tin with with baking parchment or greaseproof paper.

We find the easiest way of lining a large tin like this is to cut a strip of baking paper to size and lay it one way, then do the same with another piece of baking paper the other way. If you just lay a sheet on the base it’ll be harder to get out of the in later.

Get your kids to measure out the wet ingredients starting with the golden syrup. We had a squeezy bottle of syrup so just put our bowl on to our digital scales, used the ml setting and squeezed it in.

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If you are using cups to measure out simply squeeze or spoon in the golden syrup them pour into a medium sauce pan.

Do the same to measure out the black treacle. Our treacle was in a tin so we spooned it into our measuring bowl. If you’ve never used black treacle before, i’ll warn you that it is very sticky and can get a bit messy.

Now weigh the sugar and butter and add them to your sauce pan. Get your kids to chop the butter up into smaller pieces before putting it in the pan.

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Heat everything over a medium heat, until the butter has melted. If your kids are old enough, they can give it a stir with a wooden spoon or spatula.

Add the mixed spice and ground ginger to the flour. Make sure if your kids are measuring the spices that they use their finger to level off the teaspoon so you add just the right amount.

When the butter has melted, remove the saucepan from the heat and add the flour and spices. Get your kids to give it a stir with a wooden spoon or spatula until it has come together.

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Get your kids to crack the eggs into a small bowl (just in case any shell goes in.) If you do get shell in, simply fish it out with a larger piece of shell. I also keep a spare bowl or the food bin nearby so the kids know where to put the egg shell as I find this saves a bit of mess!

Pour the eggs/milk into your saucepan and stir it all together again. It should come together into a nice, runny, smooth batter.

Bake the ginger cake in the oven for around 45-60 minutes. It’s ready when the cake has started to shrink away from the edges of the tray. You can also check it by pressing very gently down in the middle of the cake with your fingers. If it’s ready it will spring back when you press it.

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Leave the ginger cake in the tin for a few minutes before turning it out, peeling off the baking paper and leaving it to cool fully on a wire rack.

If you want to add an iced glaze, mix 225g (1 cup) of icing sugar with a few teaspoons of water and mix it until it’s smooth. Spoon it over the top of the ginger cake and leave it to set. You can also add some chopped stem ginger to decorate.

This traditional ginger cake from Mary Berry is a classic retro bake. The spiced, sticky traybake is delicious, easy to make so the perfect winter warming treat.

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Mary Berry's Ginger & Treacle Spiced Tray Bake Recipe

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.Mary Berry's Ginger Cake Recipe, or Gingerbread Cake, a delicious traybake dessert with a touch of earthy spices and treacle. It's moist and light, and so flavourful, a perfect sweet treat for Bonfire Night or the Christmas season.

The richness of the butter adds moisture and a depth of flavours, taking this gingerbread cake to the level of perfection. It's so simple to make, with ingredients that are easy to find, and, bonus point, it's ready in about 40 minutes.

Unlike the traditional Gingerbread Man Recipe, this dessert has a very cakey texture, but taste wise, it's the same spiced sweet treat that we all love at this time of the year. I love enjoying it just as it is, as there is little else that could be added to make it even better, but you can also decorate with icing or dried nuts.

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As promised, this recipe is simplicity in itself. As with the classic gingerbread men recipe, the wet ingredients are combined over a slow heat to make it smooth and lump free.

How beautifully simple this cake it! Granted, it uses quite an amount of sugar and sugar substitutes, but it's worth every single calorie, that's for sure. After all, it's such a lovely time of the year, when the first chilly breeze that slaps us in the face is a reminder that the cold is here to stay.

And there is nothing better on a cold day than a big cup of tea and a slice of spiced cake. Taking of spices,

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If you are outside of the UK and want to make this cake, the best replacement for the mixed spices would be pumpkin spice, so you could call this a pumpkin spice cake

The golden syrup can be swapped for honey, and the black treacle for molasses, without compromising on the texture/taste. Baking is all about swapping the right ingredients, and as long as the consistency is not altered, then anything goes.

Other than that, enjoy this gingerbread traybake recipe, it's spiced and earthy, beautifully baked to perfection to gives us the best dessert for the cold days to come!

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Yes, ginger cake or gingerbread cake use the same spices as gingerbread cookies, but it has a cakey texture, rather than crispy.

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