![]() Pour into the loaf tin and bake on the middle shelf for around 50 minutes – 1 hour. ![]() The batter will be quite runny – it’s meant to be like that! Once fully combined, stir in the chopped ginger.In a separate bowl, mix together the spices, flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then gradually beat in the liquid mixture, whisking to ensure there are no stray lumps of flour.Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the milk allow to cool to room temperature.In a saucepan, weigh the butter, sugars, treacle and syrup, and heat them gently until the sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly.Grease and line a loaf tin (including the sides to prevent the cake from sticking to the tin).Ginger cake made using Scotch Whisky For the cakeĤ balls of stem ginger, finely chopped For the icingĢ5ml of Whisky (see Jacqui’s suggestions above) Method Any whisky with a hint of spice and a bit of sweetness, possibly sherry matured, would work really well with this recipe, but you could always go mad and throw in some Islay malts if that’s your thing.įree to try different measurements of the spices/whisky used, this is just myįavourite combination! Ginger and Whisky Loaf Cake recipe However, when I found a hipflask half-full of Glenfarclas 15 year old single malt, I decided to go with that instead: Glenfarclas has lovely, rich, cinnamon spice and raisin notes and I was fairly certain it would work just as well. ![]() My immediate choice of whisky for this recipe was Glen Scotia Double Cask, as I knew that the sweet, spicy notes of that particular Campbeltown dram would go perfectly with the kick of ginger. Glengoyne, Glen Scotia and Glenfarclas all work well in a rich whisky-flavoured icing Ginger cake was a huge family favourite when I was a kid so the recipe struck a chord with me straight away. So when I stumbled across this ginger cake recipe, my first thought was “this would go amazingly with X/Y/Z whisky”. It’s also not really a secret that I love whisky, so I’m always on the lookout for ways to combine my two favourite things, and I’m always interested in putting alcohol in the cake/biscuit/pie… Mary Berry would love me. “It’s no secret to anyone that knows me that I LOVE to bake. Jacqui was the winner of this year’s Scotch Whisky Experience Comic Relief Bake Off, and we had to ask her for instructions on how to make a ginger cake with whisky, it was too good to miss! Senior Visitor Assistant Jacqui Taylor talks us through the recipe for this very moreish whisky loaf cake with stem ginger and a Highland whisky icing. When it comes to incorporating whisky into most aspects of the kitchen, our team here at the Scotch Whisky Experience have got it nailed.
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