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Easy Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf with Syrup and Warm Spices
Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf is a soft, rich loaf made with syrup and warming spices that fill your kitchen with an incredible aroma. Perfect for easy baking days, tea time treats, or make-ahead desserts.
Why you will love and enjoy this Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf
- Soft, moist texture that stays good for days
- Warm spices that make it perfect with tea or coffee
- Simple method with no fancy steps
Deep molasses syrup with warm ginger and cinnamon.
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Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 10–12 depending on size 1x
- Category: Cake Cupcakes Cookies and Tarts
- Method: Easy baking
Description
This Gingerbread comes out soft, dark, and just a little sticky on top, the kind that makes your kitchen smell amazing. It’s simple, forgiving, and honestly even better the next day.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup – 125 g butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup soft brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1/8 tsp mixed spice
- 1 cup syrup (golden syrup or similar)
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 320⁰F (160⁰C).
- Grease a standard loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment if you can; it helps with sticking.
- In a bowl, cream the 125 g softened butter or margarine with the 1/2 cup soft brown sugar until light and slightly fluffy.
- Add the 2 large eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the 2 1/2 cups of cake flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda, 1/2 tsp of salt, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/8 tsp ground cloves, and 1/8 tsp mixed spice.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in batches, alternating with the 1 cup of syrup.
- Start and end with the flour mixture. Mix gently, don’t overdo it.
- Carefully stir in the 1 cup of boiling water last.
- The batter will be very thin, almost like a pourable batter; that’s exactly what you want.
- Pour into your prepared loaf pan. Tap it lightly on the counter to release any big air bubbles.
- Bake for about 60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
- If the top is browning too quickly, loosely cover with foil around the 40-minute mark.
- Let it cool in the pan for about 10 to 15 minutes, then turn it out onto a rack to cool completely.
- It slices better once cooled
Notes
Created, prepared, tried, and tested by Gail
This Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf is soft, rich, and easy to make with pantry ingredients. The texture stays lovely for days. It’s worth making ahead.
Sticky Spiced Gingerbread Loaf offers a soft, tender crumb with a rich blend of syrup and warming spices that deepen over time. It’s easy to prepare, holds its moisture beautifully, and delivers a comforting slice that feels familiar and satisfying from the first bite.
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Yummy! Wow, shouldn’t have looked at this post…now I’m really starving 🙂
Let me know how it turned out, hope you made it. Enjoy