Ingredients

• 1 cup - heaped maida (flour)
• 1/2 cup - castor sugar
• 1/2 tsp - bicarbonate soda
• A pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp - cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp - heaped dry ginger powder
• 1/4 cup - butter
• 2 tbsp - nuts of your choice chopped (optional)
• 1 - egg, beaten
• 2 tbsp - honey
• 1/4 cup - buttermilk (room temperature)
• 1/2 tsp - fresh lemon rind

How to Make Special Ginger Cake

• Take 1 tsp flour and mix nuts and lemon rind in it. Keep aside.
• Combine flour, bicarbonate soda, ginger powder, salt and cinnamon powder and keep aside.
• Beat sugar and butter, add honey, egg and butter milk.
• Mix in the flour mixture with the sugar mixture and blend well.
• Lastly add the nut flour mixture. Mix lightly.
• Spread into a baking cake tin.
• Bake in a medium heat for 15 mins.
• Insert a toothpick to check.
• Dust with 1 tsp castor sugar if you prefer.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Cut into slices and enjoy with a hot cup of steaming tea, coffee or milk.