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Jamaica Ginger cake

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  • Gigervamp
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    edited 22 July 2009 at 8:00AM
    A recipe for Jamaica ginger cake? I've got a feeling there was one on the Guardian website by Nigel Slater.

    EDIT. Found it. It's not actually a Nigel \slater recipe, but he wrote it in his column here: David Herbert's ginger cake.
  • rockie4
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    It makes a great trifle with mango chunks and mango or peach yoghurt topped off with cream:drool:
  • mrbadexample
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    Gigervamp wrote: »
    A recipe for Jamaica ginger cake? I've got a feeling there was one on the Guardian website by Nigel Slater.

    EDIT. Found it. It's not actually a Nigel \slater recipe, but he wrote it in his column here: David Herbert's ginger cake.

    Thank you, but I'm going to have to be picky. These recipes are for ginger cake. I need Jamaica ginger cake. No, really, I do - I'm going to make it for a Jamaican, so it's got to be as authentic as possible. Please. :D
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • greenbee
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Thank you, but I'm going to have to be picky. These recipes are for ginger cake. I need Jamaica ginger cake. No, really, I do - I'm going to make it for a Jamaican, so it's got to be as authentic as possible. Please. :D

    Here you go Mr BE... but we want a full report & piccies!
  • hilstep2000
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    We used one for a carribean party. OH sliced it into three, layered one with sliced banana, and the pother with whipped cream. It went in five minutes!
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  • hex2
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    jinky67 wrote: »
    think of the calories:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    mmmm, thinks of the calories :p:p:D
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  • greenbee
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    hex2 wrote: »
    mmmm, thinks of the calories :p:p:D

    As long as all you're doing is thinking of them!
  • mrbadexample
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    greenbee wrote: »
    Here you go Mr BE... but we want a full report & piccies!

    It's American. :confused: Can you translate? Cups mean nothing to me - they're all different sizes! I need pounds and ounces (or grams), and I haven't got any "all-purpose" flour. :rolleyes: :p
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • jinky67
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    hex2 wrote: »
    mmmm, thinks of the calories :p:p:D
    I was too:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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  • Gigervamp
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Thank you, but I'm going to have to be picky. These recipes are for ginger cake. I need Jamaica ginger cake. No, really, I do - I'm going to make it for a Jamaican, so it's got to be as authentic as possible. Please. :D

    Lol, well, you didn't say you wanted an authentic recipe! :D

    I have made that cake and from what I remember, (it was a while ago) it did taste very much like the commercial jamaica ginger cake, but I see someone has furnished you with an authentic recipe. :)

    BTW, there are online cooking conversion sites that will convert the American cups to British grams.
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