Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Icing

I don't like Ginger that much but I love gingerbread cake, gingerbread men and Ginger snaps.

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Ingredients

1 cup of golden syrup
1 cup water
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 1/2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
2 tablespoons ground Ginger
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Lemon Icing

60g butter
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups icing sugar

METHOD

Preheat oven 170°C / 150°C fan-forced
Grease a 23cm square slab pan

1. Combine golden syrup, water, sugar and butter in a large pan. Stir over heat until butter is melted; bring to the boil then remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.

2. Stir sifted dry ingredients into butter mixture in two batches. Beat gently until smooth. Pout into prepared pan bake in moderately slow oven about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Stand cake in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Spread cold cake with lemon icing . Let icing set before cutting into squares.

Lemon Icing

Beat butter and rind in a small bowl with a wooden spoon, gradually beat in juice and sifted icing sugar
 
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