Grasmere Gingerbread

Name: Grasmere Gingerbread
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 16 pieces
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: ¼ tsp baking powder; 120 g / 4 oz light muscovado sugar; 60 g / 2 oz preserved ginger, chopped; 1 tsp ground ginger; 120 g / 4 oz plain flour; 120 g / 4 oz butter, melted; 120 g / 4 oz fine or medium oatmeal; ½ orange, finely grated zest; ½ lemon, finely grated zest

Preparation info

Makes:
16
pieces

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A traditional recipe from the Lake District for a gingerbread whose crumbly texture is akin to Scottish shortbread.

Ingredients

120 g / 4 oz plain flour
120 g / 4

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and ground ginger into a mixing bowl. Stir in the chopped ginger, oatmeal and grated citrus zest. Pour in the melted butter and quickly mix with a knife until slightly bound together but still crumbly. Turn the mixture into the prepared cake tin, smooth level with the back of a sp