Food for gay men: Ginger Cake

One of my favourite cakes that my Grandma Johnson used to make was a ginger cake.

Hers was rich and moist and dense.

I tried looking for a recipe that was similar, but couldn't find anything. Eventually, my Aunty Evelyn volunteered a recipe - she said it was her recipe that Grandma Johnson used to make.

Aunty Evelyn's Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• 180g butter
• 2 and a half cups of plain flour (300g)
• 1 cup of milk (240ml)
• 1 teasp of bicarbonate of soda
• 3 teasp powdered ginger
• A pinch of salt
• 1 cup of sugar (200g)
• 1cup of golden syrup (250ml)
• 2 eggs
• 2 large teasp mixed spice
• 1 teasp nutmeg

Method

• Beat butter and sugar: add eggs then syrup then flour with spices and lastly warm milk.
• I use a 20cm round tin for this, although Grandma Johnson always used a square tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven - around 160-180 degrees in a fan-forced oven. It should take around one hour to cook, possibly a bit longer. Don't have the oven too hot, or the top will burn.
• This is a very thin mixture.

This is a terrible photo of my first attempt at the recipe, which went fairly wrong. I need to update this with a better photo.

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