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August Bank Holiday Monday

Cilcain Show   

Home Section 2011

Judge: Mrs Ann Richards, Ruthin

Steward: Mrs Jean Thomas (Tel: 01352 740056)

 

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Ladies Cake Competition

Class 17:  Ladies Cake Competition - Stem Ginger Traybake - Prize: £10

 

150 ml Guiness

175 g dark muscovado sugar

3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

200 g self-raising flour

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 eggs

100 g caster sugar

125 ml unsalted butter melted

4-5 knobs stem ginger from a jar

2 tblsp ginger syrup from same jar

 

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.   Grease and line 22cm approx. square shallow baking tin.   

Dissolve muscovado sugar in Guiness and bring to boil in small saucepan working out any lumps of sugar. Remove from heat.  Leave to cool.

In a large bowl, add this mixture to the flour, ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda, caster sugar, melted butter and beaten eggs. Lastly finely chop a couple of knobs of stem ginger and add to mixture.  

Pour mixture into tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until firm to the touch.

Whilst still warm, brush ginger syrup over top of cake and decorate with finely sliced remaining knobs of stem ginger.

 

2010 Winner:   Margaret Williams, Cilcain

 

Gentlemen's Baking Competition

Class 18:   Gentlemen's Baking Competition - Toss-in Fruit Cake  - Prize: Bottle of Whisky

 

200g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp mixed spice

100g soft brown sugar

250g mixed dried fruit

50g glace cherries, quartered

2 eggs

4 fl.oz. cooking oil

4 fl.oz. milk

25g demerara sugar

 

Preheat oven to 160C/150CFan/gas mark 2.  Grease and/or line 2lb loaf tin.

Sift flour and spice into bowl.  Add all other ingredients, except demerara sugar.  Mix thoroughly.

Turn mixture into tin, sprinkle surface with demerara sugar and bake for approx. 1 hour 10 minutes when skewer inserted into cake should come out clean.