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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Nigella's Guinness Gingerbread


This is Nigella's recipe, from Nigella Kitchen.
I've been wanting to bake it for ages but decided to save it for my husbands birthday. 
But I forgot, ooops (baked him chocolate quinoa cake instead!).
Anyway I finally tried it and thought it was really good.


Of course Guinness was the star of the show, warmed up in a saucepan with butter, golden syrup, brown sugar, with ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves.


Then simplicity in Nigella style, just whisk in the flour and bi-carb until you have a smooth batter.


Whisk in sour cream and eggs.


Pour your surprisingly runny batter into a prepared lined pan and bake. 


The texture was very soft although I think I slightly undercooked it.
But the flavour was the stand out to me, so deep and left lingering tastes to keep you wanting more.
I think it would taste exceptionally good after a couple of days.....


17 comments:

  1. This would make such a lovely contribution to the festive table come Christmas!

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  2. What an interesting cake combo with the Guinness!

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  3. It looks divine!!!Kisses,dear Muppy!

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  4. I have never baked with Guinness before! Looks good! Wish to have a slice !

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  5. Oh yum! I have had a guiness and chockate cake before but I think the ginger and spices would work better!

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  6. This sounds very delicious- I've never had Guinness before, but it sounds very interesting! I always forget to try out some recipes, and by the time i get around to doing it, I'm kicking myself for not having tried it earlier! haha....

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  7. That sounds delicious!!! I think I will give it a go this weekend. I'd say there's some Guinness kicking around this little Island I'm on :) Thanks for posting!!

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  8. I think ginger-infused baked goods might be my biggest weakness out of everything - that recipe looks and sounds wonderful. Definitely one to try - my current fave is Devid Lebovitz's ginger cake, but the darkness of the guinness looks like it would add a really interesting dimension...

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  9. This gingerbread looks delectable! I'm so happy it's that time of the year - I love it!

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  10. I feel like this would be much better than a pint on st pats day! Yum, gingerbread and beer, what more could a girl want?

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  11. love the idea of a beer and cake. I tried nigellas coca cola cake before which was very strange (in a good way)

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  12. FOAH this recipe looks GREAT!! I love Nigella and yet another winner of a recipe by her. She truly is marvellous to be able to come up with something so creative like this. Thanks for sharing this I'm so keen to try them now, too! Mmmm... =)

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  13. Those deep dark spices would work so well with the rich smooth guiness. What an amazing cake, yumm...

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  14. Haha love the guiness! Looks so moist :)

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  15. Hi Muppy,

    Thanks for sharing those wonderful desserts & curries. You have inspired me to take up cooking!

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