Name: Spiced ginger and honey cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 100 g butter; 100 g muscovado sugar dark; 2 Tbs golden syrup; 75 g honey; 100 g treacle sugar black; orange zest only; 150 g flour self-raising; 2 tsp ginger ground; 1 tsp mixed spice ground; 1 tsp cinnamon ground; ½ tsp cloves ground; 3 ginger preserve; 2 eggs; 5 Tbs milk

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Ingredients (14)

100 g	butter
100 g	muscovado sugar — dark
2 Tbs	golden syrup
75 g	honey
100 g	treacle sugar — black
	orange — zest only
150 g	flour — self-raising
2 tsp	ginger — ground
1 tsp	mixed spice — ground
1 tsp	cinnamon — ground
½ tsp	cloves — ground
3	ginger — preserve
2	eggs
5 Tbs	milk

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Put the butter, sugar, syrup, honey, treacle and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until melted. Stir well, then remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly while you continue with the recipe.

Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and add the ground ginger, mixed spice, cinnamon and cloves and two-thirds of the chopped ginger. Mix together.

Add the cooled melted mixture, followed by the eggs and milk. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour. The cake should be risen and deep golden brown.

For the glaze:

Put the jam, 2 tbsp of the reserved ginger syrup, the honey and remaining chopped preserved ginger in a saucepan over a low heat. Heat gently until it starts to bubble. Set aside until the cake has baked. It can be warmed up later if necessary.

Remove the baked cake from the oven, carefully tip it out of the pan and set it on a wire rack. Put the hot glaze over it and serve warm.