Gingerbread cake
Perfect for morning tea or as an after-dinner treat, this festive spiced cake is the perfect end to any meal.
- Skill Easy
- Prep time 10 mins
- Cook time 22 mins
- Servings 10
Ingredients:
- 4 Weet-Bix™, finely crushed
- 1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/4 cup molasses or treacle
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup olive oil or vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp pomegranate seeds
- 2 tsp icing sugar
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line base and two sides of a 20 cm cake tin with a strip of baking paper.
- Combine Weet-Bix, flour, spices, and salt in a large bowl. Stir well.
- In a jug, whisk together boiling water and molasses. Add brown sugar and oil and whisk again. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir to just combine.
- Transferred batter into prepared tin. Bake 20 - 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar and scatter over pomegranate seeds to serve.
Tips:
- No wholemeal self-raising flour in the pantry? Replace with regular wholemeal flour, and add 1 1⁄2 tsp baking powder + 1/4 tsp bi-carb soda.
Nutritional information:
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Per Serve
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Energy (kJ)800
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Energy (Cal)192
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Protein (g)3
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Fat (g)8
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Saturated Fat (g)1
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Carbohydrate (g)26
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Sugars (g)12
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Dietary Fibre (g)2.7
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Sodium (mg)106
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Potassium (mg)153
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Iron (mg)1.6
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Calcium (mg)35