Scary Good Malted Ginger Cake!!!!

Just in time for Halloween, the team at Sweet Magazine have shared the Saunders’ Malt Extract Malted Ginger Cake!

Malt extract provides a concentrate of simple and complex carbohydrates and proteins that include amino acids, plus it’s full of Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12, which are great for energy and vitality. With all of those nutrients it’s easy to see why pharmacists of old would recommend a tablespoon for all kinds of ailments from nervousness to exhaustion and good digestion!

Malt extract is made from roasted malted barley used in the production of beers, delicious chocolate coated confections, and baking! Grains are dried out, steeped in water and allowed to sprout, and then dried again. Brewers warm the grain to activate enzymes and turn starches into sugar (mostly maltose). The water is evaporated from the liquid produced in this process and what remains is malt extract!

Sweet Magazine took this delicious sticky Saunders’ Malt Extract and turned it into Malted Ginger Cake, see the recipe below!

Scary Good Malted Ginger Cake!!!!

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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Moist, spiced cake made with malt extract and ginger. Rich in flavor, warming, and perfect for afternoon tea or comforting winter desserts.

Course: DessertsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

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4

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Calories

250

kcal

Total time

30

minutes

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Ingredients

• 250 gram Butter

• 1/2 cups Brown sugar

• 1/2 cups Caster sugar

• 2 number Eggs

• 1 1/2 cups Saunders’ Malt Extract

• 2 1/2 cups Plain flour

• 2 tbsp Ground Ginger

• 2 tsp Bi-carb soda

• 1 number Cup Hot Water

• Buttercream Icing

• 250 gram Unsalted butter, softened

• 3 cups Icing Sugar

• 1/2 cups Cream, chilled

• 1 tbsp Cinnamon

Directions

• Grease and line four 15cm (6′) cake tins with baking paper and pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Cream Together the butter and sugar until light and creamy, add the eggs, and beat until combined. Gradually add in the Saunders’ Malt Extract and beat well.
• Stir in half the sifted dry ingredients with half of the hot water. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and water, and stir until the mixture is smooth and no longer lumpy.
• Pour the batter into your prepared cake tins and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake is clean when removed. Cool for 15 minutes in the tin before turning onto a rack to cool completely.
• To make the buttercream, beat butter until pale and creamy, then add icing sugar a few tablespoons at a time. Once all the sugar is added, beat until smooth and light in colour. Add Vanilla Extract and cream and whip until buttercream is luscious and thick. Stir through cinnamon and ice your cake!

Learn how Sweet Magazine turned this delicious Malted Ginger Cake into a delicious drip cake, and then visit the Saunders’ Malt Extract website for more delicious malt recipes!

“Saunders’ Malt Extract is available at most Coles and Woolworths supermarkets“

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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