Jamaican Ginger Cake

[237SJ]

I`m not a big cake eater but I used to like the McVities ginger cake that my Mum bought. It`s years and years since I had it so I have just made this http://atlascafeleicester.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/sticky-gingerbread-recipe-just-like-mcvities-ginger-cake/ I`ve just stuck a knife in to see if it`s ready and I tried a little bit. It`s pretty good. Just thought I`d share the recipe.

[dunnitall]

Or you could buy Wrights ginger cake mix which quite near the mark of being Mcvities ginger cake, depends how you cook it apparently.

[237SJ]

I tried that one dunnital (it was going cheap at Aldi) but I didn`t like it. It was bitter.

[dunnitall]

Oh that's a shame SJ, we found it reasonable, but I don't think we mere mortals can emulate the original. A secret recipe methinks.

[237SJ]

Yes, probably. The one I tried is pretty near the Delia Smith one. Apparently, if you leave it in a tin for a couple of days it gets that sticky top that the McVities cakes had.

[gingejbee]

McVities Ginger Cake is alive and well....saw it in Sainsburys this morning.

[gingejbee]

...and Asda...and look at how cheap it is...

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/search/McVities%20ginger%20cake

[knowabit]

My husband buys one every week.... I don't think they ever stopped making them?

[237SJ]

Yes you can still get them. I like to make my own stuff though so I can put natural ingredients in.

[inksplotter]

Or to quote Ronnie Barker

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[tali1]

Farm Foods have it at 2 for £1 -sometimes even 3 for a £1

[puzzled54]

I will be trying this later, looks good. How is your shoulder?

[237SJ]

Thanks for asking puzzled - I have had two sessions of physio on my shoulder and have ultrasound tomorrow. It had a rest while I was on holiday for 10 days but now I`m back at work it has had a bashing and I`m constantly wrenching it. Loads of my colleages have shoulder problems and a lot of people have to have operations. I hope it won`t come to that so we`ll see.

[heathfield]

McVities ginger cake isn't a patch on what it used to be. These days it's so soft, moist, and floppy it's almost impossible to cut neatly - it just falls apart under the knife.

[237SJ]

I put in it the tin for a couple of days and as the recipe said, it has gone sticky on the top. I`ve just had a slice and it`s really nice - shame it`s so fattening.