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Golden Syrup Cake

May 28, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 29 Comments

Golden Syrup Cake is a quick, delicious cake to bake and is sure to be a favourite with your family. It can be in the oven in around 10 minutes, and is beautifully moist and sweet without any icing.
The recipe came from The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making by Ruth Clemens which we reviewed earlier this week. Ruth also has another version of Golden Syrup Cake on her blog, The Pink Whisk. Golden Syrup Loaf Cake is an egg free recipe so would be perfect for anyone with an egg allergy or when you are all out of eggs but feel like baking.
Although we have used golden syrup in plenty of recipes, this was the first time we have baked a golden syrup cake. It was really delicious, with a light texture and went perfectly with a cup of tea. We froze half the cake and have been including it in our lunch boxes this week. We will be definitely be baking this one again.
4.9 from 11 reviews
Golden Syrup Cake
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
50 mins
 
Golden Syrup Loaf Cake is beautifully moist, egg free, and can be in the oven in around 10 minutes.
Author: Lisa
Recipe type: Cakes
Cuisine: Baking
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 75 g (2¾ oz) butter
  • 50 g (1¾ oz) caster (superfine) sugar
  • 150 g (5½ oz) golden syrup
  • 100 ml (3½ fl oz) boiling water
  • 200 g (7 oz) plain (all purpose) flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tps bicarbonate of soda
Instructions
  1. Line tin with baking paper. Use a Loaf Tin: 18.5 cm x 11.5 cm (7 x 4½ in). Preheat oven to 160 deg C (350 deg F).
  2. Place flour, bicarb soda, and baking powder in a large bowl, and whisk to combine.
  3. Place remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan. Stirring occasionally over a gentle heat, until butter and sugar have melted.
  4. Remove from the heat and pour over the flour mixture Whisk together until combined and batter is smooth.
  5. Pour into prepared tin and cook for 35-40 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
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If you enjoyed Golden Syrup Cake, check out our Butterscotch Pecan Self-Saucing Pudding, which also uses golden syrup.
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Comments

  1. Kelly G says

    May 28, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    Oh where was this recipe the other day when I was completely out of eggs????
    Tis all good – Hubby is a huge golden syrup fan – so will go and make the cake in the next couple of hours for him to take to work tomorrow.

    Reply
  2. alwaysquilting says

    May 29, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    Wow, thank you. This recipe takes me back to my childhood

    Reply
  3. Handmade in Israel says

    May 29, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    Oh, I like the sound of this. Must search for some Golden Syrup – an imported treat!

    Reply
  4. Sue Jacobs CZT says

    June 1, 2013 at 7:56 am

    I’m in the US and I ‘ve never heard of golden syrup. Is it like maple syrup? What is it?

    Reply
    • Nyrie says

      October 24, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      Golden Syrup is basically sugar syrup, similar to treacle but lighter in colour and flavour. Since it is usually made from sugar cane and Americans mostly use corn syrup I’m not sure how you would go about buying it in the US except through an international food store that sell goods from UK, Australia, NZ & Canada.

      Reply
      • Megan says

        December 3, 2017 at 10:40 am

        Amazon sells it…so does World Market if there’s one close by!

        Reply
    • Keri says

      February 9, 2020 at 11:13 pm

      Being from the UK (here golden syrup is made! 😍) You have to have Lyles’s golden syrup. nothing else comes remotely close.

      Reply
    • Mary Mc Nulty says

      April 19, 2020 at 8:05 pm

      It’s light colour thick sypub, it taste lovely with porridge. Poured pm pudding, making flap jack

      Reply
    • Lexi says

      May 27, 2020 at 9:22 pm

      No it is basically just melted sugar, hope this helps!

      Reply
  5. LIESL says

    June 6, 2013 at 8:18 am

    This was SO easy and so amazingly soft and yummy! Excellent with lashings of butter! It was mixed up in 5 minutes and wolfed down in 3 by 5 boys who all gave it 2 thumbs up!

    Reply
  6. thesnailgarden says

    June 7, 2013 at 1:07 am

    I love golden syrup so I’ve just made this and it is delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I will definitely be making this on a regular basis. Best wishes, Pj x

    Reply
  7. Marilyn McLeod @ Pink Paper Cottage says

    June 9, 2013 at 11:46 am

    I too have never heard of Golden Syrup? what is it and where can we get it? is it maple syrup? we have alot of that here in the US!

    Reply
    • Wraithlady says

      February 12, 2015 at 11:44 pm

      There isn’t really an equivalent – it has the consistency of honey or light treacle, therefore a lot thicker than maple syrup. I’m not sure if corn syrup would work as a substitute

      Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    January 6, 2014 at 8:01 am

    is it possible use milk instead of water?

    Reply
  9. val says

    May 30, 2016 at 6:23 am

    Just made this syrup cake today….Fabulous and so easy to make x

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      May 30, 2016 at 8:11 am

      Thanks Val – glad you enjoyed it! It is a favourite in our home too 🙂

      Reply
      • Sharanya says

        August 12, 2021 at 6:45 pm

        Hi I’m Sharanya. I just have a doubt with pan size . Can I use round cake tins instead of loafs ? If so can I use 6 inches round cake tin? Can I use dark brown sugar instead of white sugar and can I use boiling milk instead of boiling water? Can u pls help out ? Thanx. Hoping to get reply …

        Reply
  10. Lisa says

    September 24, 2017 at 11:37 pm

    This cake was really easy to make and delicious to eat, we had it with some lovely custard. I was a bit apprehensive as it was an eggless cake which I had never made before, but it rose beautifully and was light and fluffy and moist, very yummy!

    Reply
  11. Jayne says

    February 4, 2019 at 10:47 pm

    I tried to make this yesterday but it came out sunken & hard once it had cooled…where did I go wrong?

    Reply
  12. Maria Walker says

    March 7, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    This recipe is terrific. The cake is so light and so so tasty. Will definitely be baking this again. There are times when I run out of eggs but with this recipe I do not have to worry.

    Reply
  13. Jas says

    May 17, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    Hi..I tried your recipe. We get this golden syrup in India. And this cake was just amazing…liked by everyone in my family.

    Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe

    Reply
    • Shay. says

      September 24, 2019 at 10:54 pm

      Hi, I have just made this lovely cake, can’t believe how easy it is to make! … I had all the ingredients in the cupboard, so happy days!… really pleased with the result, very successful!…. I am a lacto-vegetarian(no meat or eggs), so perfect for me! ……I haven’t tried it yet as it has just come out of the oven…. can’t wait… may serve it later with some cream, custard or vanilla icecream…. 😋(what do you usually serve with it?)…..Many thanks…

      Reply
  14. NP says

    February 26, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    I made golden syrup cake following your recipe. I took 100 GM whole wheat flour and 100 GM plain flour. I also added some nutmeg powder and about 2 teaspoons rose water. Great outcome. Reading the recipe, I felt this seems promising but the end result turned out even better than my expectations!. Thank you for sharing such a simple and awesome recipe. God bless!

    Reply
  15. Tamsin Brincat says

    April 22, 2020 at 1:11 am

    You are a godsend!! This cake is soooo freaking amazing! I just wish I had more golden syrup to make this every day. Yes, it’s THAT good!

    Reply
  16. Sid Haselden says

    June 25, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    Wonderful cake recipe ! Highly recommended … can’t stop making it !!

    Reply
  17. Mairead says

    January 31, 2021 at 8:14 pm

    Have done this and few times, so moist and delicious warm with custard. I’ve this cake in the oven now, didn’t melt caster sugar with wet ingredients but put in with the dry ones. Hope it turns out okay. Fingers crossed 🤞

    Reply
  18. Pauline says

    March 13, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    With all these amazing comments I am going to give this a go now, fingers-crossed, it goes as well as everyone else. A question, are there any other egg free recipes that you have, my little grandson is egg, nut and see allergic, but can have butter. So many recipes, when you put Eggless as a requirement they automatic exclude butter as well, really annoying.

    Reply
  19. Randi says

    June 20, 2021 at 11:27 am

    Is it 1/2 tea spoon or 1/2 Tablespooon Baking soda?

    Reply
  20. Hazel S says

    September 21, 2021 at 5:45 am

    I just tried this with Lyle’s golden syrup gifted by a UK-based friend and it turned out so delicious, thank you! One question though, what can I substitute golden syrup with when it runs out? Will honey or molasses work?

    Reply

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