Traditional Gingerbread Loaf Cake

Delicious homemade gingerbread loaf slices on a red plate with a cup of coffee. Perfect for cozy win.

Oh there is nothing like warm Traditional Gingerbread Loaf Cake fresh from the oven.

Then imagine your slice with a slab of butter. Oh my goodness, absolutely delicious!I’m drooling over the thought now, and I hope you are also because we’ve got for you this great recipe of traditional gingerbread.

Traditional Gingerbread Loaf Cake

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: DessertCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy

A moist, spiced gingerbread loaf cake with warm flavors of ginger, cinnamon, and molasses. Perfect for cozy afternoons or festive occasions.

Servings
+

8

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

45

minutes
Calories

320

kcal
Total time

1

hour 
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Ingredients

  • 185 gram Butter

  • 1 tbsp Ginger-ground

  • 2 tsp Cinnamon

  • 1 tsp Allspice

  • 1 cup Brown sugar-firmly packed

  • 1 cup Golden Syrup or Treacle

  • 2 Eggs

  • 3 cups Plain Flour

  • 1 cup milk

  • 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

  • 200 gram ginger -cut into very small pieces

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.
  • Grease a loaf tin well with butter and flour or line well with baking paper.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and add the spices (except for the crystallized ginger). Add the syrup and mix well.
  • Beat the eggs and add to the milk and fold in the egg/milk liquid alternatively with the sifted flour and bicarb until combined.
  • Add the ginger pieces and mix through.
  • Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the tin and let cool on wire racks.
  • Recipe Hints and Tips:
  • Traditional Gingerbread freezes very well. Cool until room temperature and double wrap in plastic wrap and this will freeze for up to three months.
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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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