Bikers Sticky chilli ginger sponge recipe on Best of British foods

Si and Dave make a delicious looking sticky chilli ginger sponge dessert on their Best of British food series.

The Bikers says: “The combination of ground ginger, allspice, stem ginger and chilli makes an intensely flavoured sponge cake, irresistibly slathered in toffee sauce.”

The ingredients are: 125g butter, plus extra for greasing, 125g soft dark brown sugar, 125g black treacle, 125g golden syrup, 275g self-raising flour, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 4 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground allspice, 4 stem ginger balls in syrup, drained and coarsely grated, 1½ long red chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped, 200ml semi-skimmed milk and 2 large free-range eggs, beaten.


See how the Bikers prepare their dessert in this video: