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Chocolate and Ginger Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate and Ginger Cake

16 ingredients Makes 1 cake openrecipes
Chocolate and Ginger Cake

A rich stodgy cake with fresh and dried ginger, cocoa, dark chocolate, spices and molasses.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1130
Calories
30g
Protein
42g
Fat
158g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 125g butter
  • 200g molasses or treacle or dark brown sugar, or use half and half
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 egg
  • about 2 thumbs of fresh ginger chopped finely
  • 150g wholemeal flour
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch nutmeg
  • pinch smoked sweet paprika
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 shake of cayenne or hot paprika or chilli powder
  • 100g dark chocolate broken into small chunks
  • 2 tbsp cocoa

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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