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Date & ginger malt loaf
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Date & ginger malt loaf

13 ingredients 20 min Cuts into 10 slices openrecipes
Date & ginger malt loaf

A dark, sticky and lightly spiced cake that merges Jamaican ginger cake with sticky toffee pudding and malt loaf

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1050
Calories
36g
Protein
34g
Fat
151g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Milk Powder 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup 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 butter , cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing
  • 140g stoned dates , chopped
  • 410ml can evaporated milk
  • 100g soft dark brown sugar
  • 225g plain flour
  • 3 tbsp malted milk powder (we used Horlicks)
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 50g stem ginger , roughly chopped (reserve the syrup)
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • 50g stem ginger , chopped
  • 5 tbsp ginger syrup (from the stem ginger jar)
  • 5 tbsp icing sugar

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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