Spelt Gingerbread Cake

Get in a festive mood with this delicious gingerbread cake :)

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cup spelt flour
• 125 g unsalted butter
• 0,5 cup molasses or brown demerara sugar
• 2 tablespoons raw honey
• 3 eggs
• 5 tablespoons double cream
• 1 1/2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons mixed spice
• 1 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

For the frosting:

• 60 g dark chocolate 
• 1 heaped tablespoon unsalted butter

Preparation:

1. Sift the flour, cacao, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda in a medium bowl.
2. In a separate bowl mix together the butter, egg yolks, sugar and honey. Add the cream and mix. Add the sifted flour mixture and mix again.
3. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt. Then, very slowly and gently stir them in the cake mixture.
4. Spoon the mixture into a 10x25 cm tin lined with baking paper. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 1 hour. Cool in the oven with the door slightly open.
5. To prepare the frosting put the butter and chocolate in a small saucepan. Take a bigger saucepan and fill it with water.  Place the smaller saucepan with the frosting ingredients in the saucepan filled with water and place on a low heat. Stir frequently until the ingredients have melted and the frosting is runny and smooth. Pour over the cake.
6. Serve and enjoy :)