Sticky ginger cake with Turkish Delight icing

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour self-raising
• powdered ginger 1 level tablespoon ground
• 1 pinch fine sea salt
• 11/16 cup soft brown sugar light
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 3/4 tablespoons molasses or treacle
• 7 7/8 tablespoons golden syrup date syrup could also be used
• 1 tablespoon syrup
• 1 jar stem ginger
• 1 medium egg
• 5/8 cup milk
• 2 knobs stem ginger chopped finely
• 2 stems lemongrass
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
• 2 1/2 cups icing sugar seived
• 5 9/16 tablespoons sour cream or crème frâiche
• 3 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 pinch sea salt 1/8th of a teaspoon or less
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract real, not essence or flavouring
• 1 tablespoon rosewater
• gel food colouring A dab of light pink, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 1270 calories
• Carbohydrate : 229 grams
• Cholesterol : 150 milligrams
• Fat : 37 grams
• Fiber : 2 grams
• Protein : 10 grams
• SaturatedFat : 22 grams
• Sodium : 270 milligrams
• Sugar : 161 grams