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Ginger cobnut cake

Ginger cobnut cake with one slice horizontal on wooden plate surrounded by cobnuts and oak leaves. For Kent cobnut cake recipe.

Kent is famous for its cobnuts, a cultivated variety of hazelnuts, which are harvested in the Autumn.  This gingery cake is particularly good served with an autumn tea by a roaring fire.

Equipment

  • 18cm spring-form cake tin
  • Weighing scales
  • Baking paper
  • Sieve
  • Large mixing bowl
  • Electric hand whisk
  • Cooling rack

Preparation method

  • Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
  • Grease and line the cake tin with baking paper.
  • Place the butter and sugar in the large mixing bowl and beat with the electric hand whisk until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat in thoroughly after each addition.
  • Add the cobnuts and stem ginger and stir in thoroughly.
  • Sift in the flour and ginger and fold in.
  • Transfer the cake mix into the prepared cake tin.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  • Leave to cool a little before removing from the tin and placing on the cooling rack. Dust the top with icing sugar once completely cool.

For tips on and advice see my guide on making cakes.
More recipes using ginger
Ginger biscuits
Ginger bread cake
Gingerbread
Gingerbread cake
Parkin
Pear and ginger trifle
Red gingerbread
Salmon in pastry with ginger and currants
Treacle and ginger tart

Victorian

Serves:
8
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients

  • 170 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 170 g light muscovado sugar
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 85 g roasted cobnuts, chopped
  • 40 g stem ginger in syrup, finely chopped
  • 340 g self-raising flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Ginger cobnut cake
Serving Size
 
117 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
503
Percent of Daily Value*
Fat
 
26
g
40
%
Saturated Fat
 
12
g
75
%
Cholesterol
 
107
mg
36
%
Sodium
 
85
mg
4
%
Potassium
 
131
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
 
57
g
19
%
Fiber
 
1.3
g
5
%
Sugar
 
22
g
24
%
Protein
 
10
g
20
%
Calcium
 
44
mg
4
%
Iron
 
1.1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Keywords

Cobnuts, Ginger

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