Friday, February 11, 2011

Ginger Fluff Sponge


I haven't posted any recipes in a little while so today I thought I'd share one for a sponge cake I baked earlier in the week when I felt like something sweet to enjoy with my cuppa. It's a recipe from an old cookbook of Mum's (from memory I think it was a Boy Scouts cookbook) for a Ginger Fluff Sponge and it smells delicious while you're mixing together all the ingredients...


Ginger Fluff Sponge

4 eggs
¾ cup sugar
½ cup cornflour
2 dessertspoons Self Raising flour
1 tsp cocoa
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
1 dessertspoon golden syrup
1 dessertspoon butter


Beat whites of eggs stiffly, add sugar, beat well, add yolks. Sift dry ingredients four times before adding (fold through). Finally add butter, melted with the syrup. Bake 15 - 20 minutes in moderate oven in 8" round tins.

I put my cake together with jam and whipped cream (I beat together a few drops of vanilla and 2 tbs icing sugar with 300ml thickened cream) and dusted the top with icing sugar.

24 comments:

  1. Oh Amanda, I absolutely adore ginger cake of any kind! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe! As much as I love ginger cake, I have never baked one, but I think I will try to bake this for the family for Valentine's day...yours looks so fabulous and I love your heart on top!! Hope you and your sweet family have a wonderful weekend. Huge hugs to you ~ Txx

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  2. Oh thanks Amanda... I know one grandfather, with a birthday approaching, who would love that! gxo

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  3. We are lovers of ginger bread in our house and this cake sounds lovely. Nothing quite like the recipes of a bygone era.
    xx

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  4. Oh yum! I can imagine how wonderful the smell was in your kitchen. I could 'go' a pice with a cuppa right now as I setle down in front of the tv for the evening x

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  5. It looks delicious. I love anything made with ginger. Do you have any ideas what I could use instead of Golden syrup - you can't get it here in Italy.

    Have a great weekend x x

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  6. Looks and sounds very yummy. Thanks for sharing.
    Donnaxx

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  7. Can i just say it looks so beautiful -love the heart and I bet it tastes yummy. Big fan of ginger!
    Rachie xo

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  8. This sounds and looks so good Amanda! I love those old recipes, I have one called the central cookery book which my mum used to learn to cook with at school and it has so many of those classics. Plus golden syrup is always good : ) I hope you have a wonderful weekend x

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  9. That looks like a yummy cake!!! Ginger is good for health, so it's even better! It would give me an excuse to have this cake. :) The whipped cream and jam in the middle sound so yum!

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  10. That looks so yummy Amanda and I love the heart on top that you have carefully created with icing sugar. I am on my way to join you in that cuppa! Have a lovely weekend. ;-)

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  11. that looks absolutely delicious, thank you for the recipe... J x

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  12. Amanda this looks so lovely, yummo! I have all the ingredients to hand...looks like the girls will be getting a ginger fluff sponge this weekend!!

    Thankyou.

    xxMB

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  13. I love Ginger so this looks very appealing- might be next weekends baking attempt with my little masterchef. :)

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  14. Oh yum! The heart shape tops it off well, Amanda! xx

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  15. Yum Amanda, it looks so delicious! I love the smell and flavour of ginger, and golden syrup would be the perfect partner. I'm not very good at baking sponges, but this recipe is almost too good not to give it a try! Thank you for sharing xxx

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  16. Yum! Even the name is so cute - anything with 'fluff' and 'sponge' is, I suppose :)

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  17. Hi Amanda,
    Thanks for your lovely comment on my cushions. I got the fabric online from a site called Hawaiian Barkcloth who are very good and reasonably priced. Good luck!

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  18. Another that LOVES ginger!!! That is a great recipe too, I almost always have all those ingredients in my pantry! Thanks Amanda x

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  19. It looks heavenly! Have a wonderful day, Kellie xx

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  20. Your cake looks beautiful and sounds very yummy:) I've never tried ginger fluff sponge before, thank you for sharing the recipe. xo

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  21. Amanda, it's been a while - sorry. Big ginger fans in our house too..have to try this and LOVE the heart.

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  22. Oh my, this looks so good! I am definitely going to give it a try!

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  23. My mum gave me this recipe when I left home. that was such a long time ago. it was her specialty - bless her and over the years has been a best seller on the local cake stalls. I am going to try your filling as i usually just have cream.
    My dad was a scout troop leader so she probably got her recipe there. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Hi Jenny, thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to comment x

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