Cakes

Five-Spice Bundt Cake

This five-spice bundt cake is moist, velvety-like and a finger-licking treat due to the addition of black treacle. It goes so well with caramel on top. This will definitely impress your guests and it looks wonderful on your Christmas table.

Recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson “Simply Nigella”.

Cake

  • 60 ml sunflower oil
  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 100 g dark brown sugar
  • 300 g black treacle
  • 250 ml dry cider
  • 3 large free range eggs
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger peeled and grated
  • 300 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 2 tsp Chinese five-spice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Caramel

  • 75 g unsalted butter
  • 50 g light brown sugar
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 50 g golden syrup
  • 125 ml double cream

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C .
  2. Pour in the mixing bowl the brown sugar, sunflower oil and olive oil, black treacle, cider, eggs and freshly grated ginger, and beat until combined.
  3. In a separate bowl measure the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and spices (nutmeg, cinnamon and five-spice). Sift all the ingredients. Add this mixture into the mixing bowl. Beat until combined.
  4. Grease a bundt pan “Elegant Party, Nordic Ware” with melted butter and flour.
  5. Pour the cake mixture into the bundt pan and bake for 45 min. Take the cake out of the oven when a cake tester comes out mostly clean.
  6. Cool on a wire rack for 10 min, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

For the caramel, take to the boil in a saucepan, the butter, sugars and golden syrup. Let it boil for 3 – 5 min. Add in the double cream and let it boil for further 1 or 2 minutes.

Pour the caramel on top of the cooled cake and enjoy!


*Receita em Português*

Bolo

  • 60 ml óleo vegetal
  • 60 ml azeite
  • 100 g açúcar mascavado
  • 300 g melaço
  • 250 ml cidra
  • 3 ovos (L)
  • 1 colher chá tsp gengibre descascado e ralado
  • 300 g farinha sem fermento
  • 1 colher chá fermento em pó
  • 1/2 colher chá bicarbonato de soda
  • 1/2 colher chá noz moscada ralada
  • 2 colher chá five-spice
  • 1 colher chá canela

Caramelo

  • 75 g manteiga sem sal
  • 50 g açúcar mascavado
  • 50 g açúcar branco
  • 50 g golden syrup
  • 125 ml natas

Preparação

  1. Pré-aqueça o forno a 170 °C .
  2. Coloque na taça da batedeira o açúcar mascavado, óleo e azeite, melaço, cidra, ovos e gengibre. Bater até envolver todos os ingredientes.
  3. Numa taça em separado, misture a farinha, fermento, bicarbonato de soda e especiarias (noz moscada, canela e five-spice). Peneire todos os ingredientes. Adicione esta mistura de secos à mistura anterior. Bater bem até envolver.
  4. Passe por manteiga ligeiramente derretida e farinha uma forma bundt “Elegant Party, Nordic Ware”.
  5. Coloque a massa na forma e leve ao forno durante 45 min. Confirme se o bolo está pronto ao inserir um esparguete ou “cake tester” no bolo e quando este sair limpo retire do forno.
  6. Arrefeça sobre uma rede de pasteleiro durante 10 min, e desenforme e arrefeça completamente sobre a rede de pasteleiro.

Para o caramelo, numa panela ao lume adicione a manteiga, açúcares e golden syrup e deixe ferver 3 – 5 min. Adicione as natas e deixe ferver mais 1 ou 2 minutos.

Deite o caramelo por cima do bolo arrefecido e bom apetite!

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