This is a lucysfriendlyfoods version of a classic Tate and Lyle’s golden syrup cake – sweet, squidgy and syrupy all at the same time. This cake keeps well, in fact it gets more syrupy as the days go by when wrapped in cling film, and is also perfect for freezing.
Another reason to bake this cake is that it makes your house smell like heaven!
Golden syrup cake (dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, sesame-free, soya-free, vegetarian and vegan) warning: contains gluten
makes 1 2lb loaf
- 1/3rd cup dairy free spread
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup golden syrup
- 1 cup boiling water
– Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade/gas mark 4
– Line a loaf tin
– In a large bowl, whisk together all the ingredients until well combined. The mixture will be very runny
– Pour into the lined tin
– Bake for 40-50 minutes until golden on top and a knife comes out clean
– Cool in the tin before moving to a wire rack
18 Responses
This will have to go in the file for the allergy clients I have. Very nice cake.
Fab!
Wow !This is a perfect cake ! It looks so moist too! 🙂
Thank you! It’s definitely soft and squidgy… 🙂
I love golden syrup. Something about the tins and misplaced feelings of nostalgia for a bygone time I wasn’t part of. Just a quick question. When freezing, what do you do once its removed and thawed. Do you pop it back in the oven again? xx
You’re right, it has such a ‘vintage’ feel, but is also somehow comforting and cosy! I’d just defrost – it’s worked fine for me… But maybe a few minutes in the oven would make it extra fresh…
Hope that helps! xx
ps I’d love to hear about what you’ll be serving 🙂
Fantastic recipe – thank you! I’ve made cakes before with similar recipes but with vinegar to get the bicarb going and oil rather than marg, but I like the use of the hot water to get the bicarb going and melt the marg and golden syrup together all at the same time.
Thank you! 🙂
Also delicious with a tbsp of ground ginger and muscovado sugar instead of caster 🙂
Mmm, that’s a great idea 🙂
Oh my god it looks so good. I need to try and make it!
Hope you like it… It’s a favourite here 🙂
Thank you for this! We will do this for my son’s birthday, he has an egg allergy. And your measurements aren’t in grams (we don’t have a scale).
Excellent! Hope he likes it and it turns out well x
I had a go with this today. Wasn’t sure on consistency. Might of needed a littke longer. Adding ginger sounds nice. My kids loved it. We had it with soya yoghurt whilst the cake was still warm.
nice – these days I prefer this updated recipe https://lucysfriendlyfoods.com/2015/07/28/sticky-syrup-cake/
Do you have this recipe but in grams please? I’ve tried looking at converters but they all seem to differ!
Hi Lucy. Thanks for your message. I actuslly prefer my updated recipe which is in grams. X https://lucysfriendlyfoods.com/2015/07/28/sticky-syrup-cake/