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Gingery Christmas cake
Photo: David Holifield

Gingery Christmas cake

13 ingredients 20 min Cuts in 12 slices openrecipes
Gingery Christmas cake

A good glug of ginger wine makes this cake a little different from the norm. It's also lighter than its predecessors, so you can have two pieces!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

780
Calories
20g
Protein
19g
Fat
126g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

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

  • 350g raisins
  • 125g currants
  • 125g sultanas
  • 200ml ginger wine , plus 4tbsp
  • 200g butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 200g plain flour
  • 50g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp freshly grated root ginger
  • 1 tbsp treacle

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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