Stem-Ginger Gingerbread

Gingerbread is perhaps more of a cake than a pudding, but, with some sharp, damp but crumbly Caerphilly, Wensleydale or Lancashire cheese, makes a stylish ending to an informal meal. I include the recipe under cooking in advance because – to get the seductive, highly scented stickiness – the gingerbread must be wrapped in foil and kept for a day or so before being eaten. It is also good – if eccentric – in plain unbuttered slices with the baked spiced aromatic plums here. And I love gingerb