Gingerbread

Name: Gingerbread
Ingredients: 7.5 ml/1½ tsp baking powder; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 75 g/3 oz/¼ cup treacle (molasses); 75 g/3 oz/¼ cup treacle (molasses); 1 egg, beaten; 105 ml/7 tbsp milk; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup gram flour; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 10 ml/2 tsp ground ginger; pinch of salt; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup soft light brown sugar; 75 g/3 oz/¼ cup golden (light corn) syrup; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Cinnamon as well as ginger gives gingerbread its warm flavouring. Treacle and golden syrup are the essential ingredients to ensure the finished cake is soft and sticky.

Ingredients

75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, plus extra for greasing
115

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Put the sugar, butter, golden syrup and treacle in a pan and heat gently until melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Cool slightly. M