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justaprogressive

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21. Ginger Cake!!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:44 PM
Feb 16

Last edited Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:37 PM - Edit history (1)


Bake a Ginger Cake!

It's worth making this deliciously moist cake at least two or three
days before you want to serve it: the cake will store well in an airtight
tin and, as the days go by, it will mature in flavor—if it lasts that long!
Serve individual portions of the cake with a small spoonful of whipped
cream or créme fraiche on the side

ingredients

Preheat the oven to 350°F {180°C}

1 cup sugar syrup
1 cup molasses
2 sticks butter
3 cups superfine sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1-2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking soda
2 lerge eggs
6 fl oz (170 ml) boiling water

1 Grease a round 9 3/4 in cake tin and line with parchment paper. Put
the syrup, molasses butter, and sugar in a saucepan and bring
gently to the boil.

2 Put the measured flour, spices and baking soda into a large bowl
and add the melted ingredients

3 Mix the dry and the melted ingredients together well with
a wooden spoon. Add the beaten eggs and mix thoroughly, then
add the boiking water.

4 Combine all the ingredients thoroughly. Pour the mix into the
lined tin. Cook for 45-50 minutes, or until the cake springs back
if pressed lightly. Leave to cool in the tin.


From "A Greener Christmas"

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5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Waldorf Astoria nt DURHAM D Feb 16 #1
Thank you Durham D for sharing. debm55 Feb 16 #2
Gotta be moist carrot cake calguy Feb 16 #3
Oh yes, wonderful cake. Thank you very much for sharing with us, calguy. debm55 Feb 16 #4
one of my favorite cakes to bake. yellowdogintexas Sunday #99
White cake with white frosting sprinkled all over with shredded coconut.🥥 Polly Hennessey Feb 16 #5
I love that type of cake. I always get one for Easter. Thank you so much. Polly Hennessey debm55 Feb 16 #8
Red Velvet. MontanaMama Feb 16 #6
Red Dye ProfessorGAC Feb 16 #9
I didn't know beet juice the original dye in red velvet! MontanaMama Feb 17 #69
I Doubt One Tastes It ProfessorGAC Feb 17 #72
Traditional red velvet is made with Dutch cocoa powder. MontanaMama Feb 17 #73
Hmmm! Not Making Sense To Me ProfessorGAC Feb 17 #74
I have never seen the original recipe; all the ones I have seen use red food coloring yellowdogintexas Sunday #100
Agreed ProfessorGAC Sunday #106
Thank you very much. That is so sweet that your husband buys you both a Red Velvet cupcake. TY MontanaMama. debm55 Feb 16 #10
Loved That When I Was A Kid ProfessorGAC Feb 16 #7
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Professor GAC. debm55 Feb 16 #11
A local fruit stand Traildogbob Feb 16 #12
Thank you very much, Traildogbob. Enjoy your apple cakes and German Chocolate cake. debm55 Feb 16 #15
Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream Cake OC375 Feb 16 #13
Than sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing.OC375 and enjoy. debm55 Feb 16 #16
I'm not much of a cake eater but I do occasionally like a slice of lemon cake so LoisB Feb 16 #14
Thank you very much for sharing with us, LoisB. That sounds wonderful. debm55 Feb 16 #17
Cheesecake! lucca18 Feb 16 #18
Thank you very much. I had 4, German Chocolate, Cheesecake, carrot cake and tiramisu debm55 Feb 16 #22
Any cake that is set on a plate in front of me. Diamond_Dog Feb 16 #19
HAHAHAHHAHAhA. Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. debm55 Feb 16 #23
We live wa-a-a-a--ay too close to a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise (about 0.7 miles)... 3catwoman3 Feb 16 #20
HAHAHHAHHAAHA. that is funny. 3catwoman3 .Enjoy them both. debm55 Feb 16 #24
Ginger Cake!! justaprogressive Feb 16 #21
Oh my, My mouth is watering. Thank you, justaprogressive for the picture and recipe. debm55 Feb 16 #25
Tres Leches CanonRay Feb 16 #26
I had leches , when I taught school. It was delicious.Thank you for sharing with us, CanonRay. debm55 Feb 16 #34
Lemon gopiscrap Feb 16 #27
Oh yes. Lemon is a favorite of mine in the summer. Thank you for sharing with us. gopiscrap. debm55 Feb 16 #35
Rum cake. TexasTowelie Feb 16 #28
Love it. We went down to the Bahamas a few years back and we had some and brought some back. You are so right, debm55 Feb 16 #36
Straight up chocolate for me relayerbob Feb 16 #29
That sounds wonderful, relayerbob. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Feb 16 #37
I forgot to mention.... relayerbob Feb 16 #40
Banana bread with vanilla frosting ExtraGriz Feb 16 #30
Sure, it will count, ExtraGriz. It sounds great. Thanks for sharing. debm55 Feb 16 #38
Coconut Cake!!!! FloridaDAR Feb 16 #31
Thank you very much for sharing with us, FloridaDAR. It sounds great. Love watching Food Network. debm55 Feb 16 #39
I love German Chocolate, too! Alliepoo Feb 16 #32
Oh yes, I haven't had Pineapple upside down cake in a long time. Now I want some. Thank you for sharing Alliepoo. debm55 Feb 16 #41
It is easy to make. Old Crank Feb 17 #61
Yes, it is. The pear sounds wonderful. Thank you Old Crank. debm55 Feb 17 #62
My mom's recipe for Banana Cake nuxvomica Feb 16 #33
HAHHAHHHAHHA. I love it. Thank you nuxvomica. It sounds wonderful and fit for the confessional debm55 Feb 16 #42
When I was a child Old Crank Feb 17 #63
Thank you very much, Old Crank. debm55 Feb 17 #65
Wedding cake Turbineguy Feb 16 #43
Thank you very much , Turbineguy. I know how you feel about the wedding cake. debm55 Feb 17 #60
California cheesecake Bluestocking Feb 16 #44
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Bluestocking. It sounds good. debm55 Feb 17 #49
Carrot cake sorcrow Feb 16 #45
Thank you sorcrow. for sharing with us. The beet sounds like it adds a tinge to the carrot cake. debm55 Feb 17 #50
German Chocolate also ArnoldLayne Feb 16 #46
Thank you ArnoldLayne, for sharing. debm55 Feb 17 #51
Swedish Nut Cake Emile Feb 16 #47
Oh that looks so good. Thank you Emile for sharing and enjoy. debm55 Feb 17 #52
Angel Food cake with strawberries and whipped cream. retread Feb 17 #48
Yummy. I really enjoy that cake. Thank you, retread for sharing and enjoy. debm55 Feb 17 #53
Lemon Jello Poke Cake with Whipped cream icing Endlessmike56 Feb 17 #54
Yum sounds great. Thank you for sharing Endlessmike56 Enjoy. debm55 Feb 17 #58
Queen of Sheba perfessor Feb 17 #55
Thank you very much, perfessor. debm55 Feb 17 #57
My mom makes me a from scratch German Chocolate cake for my birthday every year. Tbear Feb 17 #56
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Tbear. debm55 Feb 17 #59
Just made a pumpkin cheese cake Old Crank Feb 17 #64
Wonderful. Thank you very much, Old Crank. Enjoy. debm55 Feb 17 #66
German Chocolate. nt CozyMystery Feb 17 #67
Yes!!!! Enjoy. CozyMystery. debm55 Feb 17 #68
About half a century ago..... Old Crank Feb 17 #70
I agree, Old Crank. debm55 Feb 17 #71
the name came from the brand name of the chocolate: German's Sweet Chocolate yellowdogintexas Sunday #101
I found that out Old Crank Sunday #105
Chocolate cake with fudge icing from Publix TommieMommy Feb 17 #75
Thank you for selections. TommieMommy and enjoy. debm55 Feb 17 #76
Devil's food with cream cheese frosting & raspberry jam SheltieLover Feb 17 #77
Wow, That sounds delicious. Thank you SheltieLover for sharing with us. debm55 Feb 17 #78
It is sooooo good! SheltieLover Feb 17 #80
Woolworth's no bake cheesecake SheltieLover Feb 17 #79
I remember that no bake cheesecake. debm55 Feb 17 #81
Remember Pudding Cake? C_U_L8R Feb 17 #82
I don't remember Pudding Cake. But i really like Boston Cream Pie. I agree YUM. debm55 Feb 17 #83
It was a Betty Crocker thing, apparently C_U_L8R Feb 17 #84
Thank you debm55 Wednesday #89
I have a recipe for the lemon pudding cake; it is a family favorite yellowdogintexas Sunday #102
Do share, if it's not a family secret. C_U_L8R Sunday #103
Does ice cream cake count? sakabatou Feb 17 #85
Yes, and it is very good. Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Wednesday #86
For years I would have said some_of_us_are_sane Wednesday #87
Thank you very much for sharing with us, some_of_us_are_sane. Enjoy. debm55 Wednesday #88
Black Forest chocolate with cherries in it. Put whipped cream on top. Delicious. CTyankee Wednesday #90
That sound wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us, CTyankee. debm55 Wednesday #91
dark chocolate ganache layer cake... electric_blue68 Wednesday #92
That sounds wonderful . Thank you for sharing. electric_blue68. Enjoy. debm55 Thursday #93
Should I be lucky enough to try one I'll report back! electric_blue68 Thursday #94
Toss up between 2 kinds of cake wnylib Friday #95
Thank you very much, whylib, for sharing your delicous selections. debm55 Friday #96
Italian Creme Cake TexasBushwhacker Saturday #97
Yes, Thank you for sharing with us, TexasBushwhacker. debm55 Saturday #98
I bake a lot of cakes, mostly for various charity auctions yellowdogintexas Sunday #104
Thank you very much yellowdogintexas. Your selections are wonderful. debm55 Sunday #107
Chantilly cake from Whole Foods Wicked Blue Sunday #108
Oh my, that looks soooooo good. Thank you Wicked Blue. debm55 Sunday #110
If banana but bread counts... Morbius Sunday #109
Thank you very much, Morbius. Both are delicious. debm55 Sunday #111
Boston Cream Pie Tree Lady Sunday #112
Thank you very much, Tree Lady, for sharing with us. Enjoy. debm55 Monday #114
Fruit cake and ......... A moist devils food with tons of good chocolate frosting Trueblue1968 Monday #113
Yum. Thank you very much, Trueblue1968, for sharing with us. Enjoy. debm55 Monday #115
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