Barbecued Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe
I made way too much and wound up sharing the banana bread with the office. My boss loved it, he said it reminded him of Sticky Ginger Cake from his childhood. What is Sticky Ginger Cake? Also known as Jamaican Ginger Cake, this dessert is a dense quick bread-style cake that is heavily spiced and perfect for chilly days. It literally smells and tastes like rainy fall days and cool winter nights. The perfect quick bread for the holiday season. This Barbecued Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe is a little less traditional and can use a cast iron frying pan instead of loaf pans to provide a crispier crust on the outside and bottom. However, if you want the more traditional shape, a loaf pan will work just as well.
Barbecued Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe
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- ½ cup (113 g) butter + for greasing
- ½ cup (100 g) dark brown sugar, soft
- 2 tbsp. (44 g) Lyle’s golden syrup
- 2 tbsp. (44 g) dark molasses
- ½ cup + 1.5 tbsp. (150 ml) milk
- 1 egg
- 1 cup (150 g) flour
- 2 tsp. (6 g) ginger
- 2 tsp. (6 g) cinnamon
- ½ tsp. (1.5 g) nutmeg
- ½ tsp. (1.5 g) allspice
- 1 tsp (6 g) salt
- 1 tsp (5 g) baking soda
- Preheat the grill to 350°F (180°C), preparing to use indirect heat. Preferably, light two outside burners leaving the ones in the middle off. Grease a loaf pan with butter or nonstick, or place a cast iron frying pan onto the barbecue to preheat with the grill.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter, brown sugar, golden syrup, and molasses together until everything is dissolved. Add the milk and then allow the syrup mixture to cool for a bit.
- While the syrup is cooling, sift together the dry ingredients. Once cool enough that the syrup won’t cook the egg, whisk in the egg. Gently add the wet ingredients into the dry and fold together until homogenous.
- Pour the batter into a loaf pan or remove the cast iron frying pan from the barbecue using heat-resistant barbecue gloves and toss in a couple tablespoons of butter, turn the pan to allow the melting butter to coat the bottom and sides. Pour in the batter.
- Bake the cake using indirect heat for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean with a few crumbs.
- Using heat-resistant barbecue gloves, remove the cake from the grill and allow it to cool on a heat-safe surface. You can serve warm, directly from the pan, or turn it out onto a tray for serving. Enjoy it alone with a cuppa or top with custard or clotted cream.
This Barbecued Sticky Ginger Cake Recipe is fragrant and well-spiced, has a little kick at the end. It’s perfect, still warm, with butter or whipped cream and the best on any day that is cold. Serve this as a nibble at your next family or friend gathering for instant accolades. What is your favorite cold weather treat over the holidays? Share your barbecue holiday recipes, ideas, and photos on our social pages like Facebook and TikTok, using the hashtags #NapoleonEats and #NapoleonGrill.
Happy Grilling!
Sift together the dry ingredients, melt the wet in a pot, and fold together
You can also pour batter into a preheated cast iron
Bake using indirect heat
You can also bake using indirect heat in a cast iron
Looks beautiful doesn't it?
Looking delicious, but in cast iron
Allow to cool, slice and serve
Serve with fresh cream
It smells like autumn and tastes like Christmas
I used to be the Sultana of Sizzle, but you can call me Andrea. I have always been passionate about food. Even though I was majoring in Art and Graphic Design, I would frequently be found cooking for my friends and family.
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Sift together the dry ingredients, melt the wet in a pot, and fold together
You can also pour batter into a preheated cast iron
Bake using indirect heat
You can also bake using indirect heat in a cast iron
Looks beautiful doesn't it?
Looking delicious, but in cast iron
Allow to cool, slice and serve
Serve with fresh cream
It smells like autumn and tastes like Christmas