Ginger cake - with fresh ginger?

Gillby1

Hi all,

I'm off work following an operation, and fancy doing a bit of baking this afternoon. I have a large fist sized piece of fresh ginger in the kitchen, and wondered if i could use it in a cake? All the recipes i've found call for ground ginger.... Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

Gill

bookworm1363

Any sponge type cake will do, just added finely grated fresh ginger, and for better effect, orange or lemon rind too. Yum.

wigginsmum

Yum - I'm in the same situation as Gillby1 and might try this as well. Maybe poke holes in the finished cake with a skewer and make a lemon drizzle.

Gillby1

Thanks - i think i'll follow a ginger cake recipe and add fresh ginger instead of ground, then.

Any other ideas for using the ginger would be welcome! x

wigginsmum

I did pork steaks and peaches, in fresh ginger/soy sauce/honey/olive oil the other day, and it was lovely.

JoeyEmma

Personally I'd be a bit hesitant to use fresh ginger in a cake. Its got a different flavour. You can't replace fresh ginger with dried in a recipe for a stir fry etc, so I'm sure it works the other way round using fresh instead of dried.

Pink.

Hi Gilby,

Here are a couple of older threads that might help:

What do I do with lots of fresh ginger? Suggestions please

Root Ginger

Pink