Vegan Golden Syrup cake
Vegan golden syrup cake - This sweet, sticky loaf cake is easy to make in one bowl with just a few basic ingredients. It is great for snacking on as it is, or serve it with custard or ice cream for dessert.
Servings 10 people
Ingredients
- 225 g (1 + ¾ cups + 1 Tablespoon) plain (all-purpose) flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 200 g (9 Tablespoons) golden syrup
- 80 g (6 ½ Tablespoons) golden caster sugar
- 80 ml (⅓ cup) neutral oil (such as sunflower)
- pinch salt
- 180 ml (¾ cup) boiling water
- 50 g (2 Tablespoons) golden syrup for drizzling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C/150°C fan/340°F/gas mark 3. Grease a 2 lb loaf tin and line it with baking parchment.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl.
- Add the golden syrup, sugar, oil, a pinch of salt and lastly the boiling water.
- Stir with a balloon whisk until you have a smooth batter. Don't over-mix it, stop as soon as there are no lumps.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for about 1 hour, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes, then drizzle the 2 Tablespoons of golden syrup evenly over the top.
- Leave to cool in the tin for about 30 minutes then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. Once cool store in an airtight container.
Notes
- See post above for tips, details and step-by-step photos.
- As with all of my baking recipes I really do recommend using the metric measurements with a digital scale rather than the cup conversions. Cups are a wildly inaccurate measuring system and you will get far better, more consistent results using a scale, not to mention that it is also easier and less messy than cups!
- If you can, please weigh out the golden syrup rather than using Tablespoons.
- The cake may crack a bit as it bakes, this won't affect the flavour or texture.