Fortnum & Mason afternoon tea recipes: Ginger cakes with ganache Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Fortnum & Mason afternoon tea recipes Ginger cakes with whipped chocolate ganache By You Magazine - April 18, 2021 Ginger, golden syrup, treacle and chocolate… what’s not to love? You can make these using individual loaf moulds, but a 12-hole muffin tin or a single large loaf tin would work just as well. David Loftus MAKES 12 INDIVIDUAL CAKES OR 1 LOAF CAKE TEA MATCH Brisk Ceylon pairs beautifully with spicy ginger. Try Fortnum & Mason’s Afternoon Blend (with milk). FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE 130g milk chocolate 180ml whipping cream 2 tsp honey 2 tsp liquid glucose FOR THE CAKE 110g unsalted butter, at room temperature 110g soft dark brown sugar 1 egg 225g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon 110g golden syrup 110g black treacle 250ml whole milk 100g stem ginger, finely chopped Break the chocolate into 2cm pieces and place in a heatproof bowl. Pour half the cream into a saucepan, add the honey and liquid glucose and slowly bring to the boil. Pour the cream mixture over the chocolate in three stages, stirring each time, until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Whiz with a hand-held stick blender, then add the rest of the cream. Cover and place in the fridge to chill for 6 hours. Beat the butter and sugar for the cake together in a bowl with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, then add the egg and beat again to combine. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a separate bowl, stir to combine, then mix into the butter and sugar mixture in three stages, beating to combine completely each time. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Pour the golden syrup, treacle and milk into a small saucepan and heat gently, stirring with a whisk until the mixture is uniform – don’t let it come to the boil. Pour the treacle mixture into the other ingredients and add the stem ginger. Beat to combine. Pour the cake mixture into greased individual loaf moulds, a greased 12-hole muffin tin or a greased large loaf tin. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or 50 minutes if cooking in one large loaf tin, until a skewer inserted comes out clean and the top of the cake bounces back when you press it gently. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely before gently running a knife round the sides to release them. When the ganache has chilled, remove it from the fridge and use an electric whisk to beat it to soft peaks. Transfer the ganache to a piping bag and pipe on top of the cakes, or use a spatula to gently spread the ganache over. Now buy the book Our recipes are from Fortnum & Mason: Time for Tea by Tom Parker Bowles (Fourth Estate, £20). To order a copy for £17.60 until 2 May call 020 3308 9193 or go to mailshop.co.uk/books. Free p&p on orders over £20. All the teas listed here can be bought at fortnumandmason.com. Recipes: Roger Pizey, Executive pastry chef at Fortnum & Mason. Photographs: David Loftus. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food 6 sunshine-yellow baking recipes with golden grains May 20, 2018 Donna Hay’ s sneaky bolognese June 10, 2018 Louise Thompson’ s lower-fat sticky toffee pudding June 29, 2018 Calling all cocktail lovers – this £12 Co-op vodka is one July 23, 2018 5 delicious new baking trends to try this season August 31, 2018 People are campaigning for the return of this popular Celebrations chocolate September 27, 2018 This is the best turkey to buy for Christmas 2018 October 11, 2018 Chrissy Teigen’ s French toast with whipped honey and ricotta topping November 17, 2018 Snowy angel cake December 23, 2018 Souped up 6 delicious healthy soup recipes with calorie counts January 27, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved