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Squidgy lemon-ginger cake
Photo: David Holifield

Squidgy lemon-ginger cake

11 ingredients Cuts into 12 slices openrecipes
Squidgy lemon-ginger cake

This dense, sticky ginger cake is easy to make and a great Sunday teatime treat

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1014
Calories
22g
Protein
27g
Fat
172g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Coffee not in our table 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

  • 200g dates , stoned
  • 200g butter , cut in pieces
  • 300g dark muscovado sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 50g fresh or frozen root ginger , grated
  • 1 lemon , grated zest
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 Bramley apple (about 250g/9oz) peeled and chopped into pea-sized pieces
  • 50g white chocolate
  • 1 tbsp chopped candied lemon peel, to decorate
  • 1 tbsp sugar 'coffee crystals', to decorate

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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