Add the chopped stem ginger, ginger syrup ... or until well risen and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare the rum and ginger syrup.

For the cake, whisk the double cream with the coffee essence in a bowl until it just holds soft peaks when the whisk is removed from the bowl, then fold in the stem ginger syrup and coffee essence.

trim off any domed tops with a serrated knife before using a pastry brush to brush the tops of each sponge with syrup from the stem ginger jar. Now it’s time to construct the cake by placing one ...

drizzle a little syrup from the stem ginger balls over the hot pears – you'll end up with something really special." Here's ...

Scatter some flour over the chopped stem ginger, and fold them gently into the cake batter. Fill a piping bag with the batter and pipe into the cupcake cases to about ¾ full. Bake in the ...