Description
This is a Jamaican cake. It attracted rave reviews at my church Valentine’s tea party. It has been a mainstay at prayer breakfasts too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup grated fresh ginger root
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch Bundt pan. Sift together the flour
- baking powder
- ground ginger
- cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl
- cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time
- then stir in the grated ginger root and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk
- mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes
- or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes
- then turn out onto a serving plate. Dust lightly with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12