Gingerbread

Name: Gingerbread
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons ground nutmeg; juice and zest of 2 large oranges; 6 oz butter – softened, plus more for greasing; 3 fl oz medium sherry; 2 heaped tablespoons ground ginger; 6 fl oz milk – warmed; 2 tablespoons warm water; 6 oz muscovado sugar; 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 8 oz preserved stem ginger – drained and roughly chopped; 1 lb plain flour; 6 fl oz golden syrup; 4 eggs (size 2) – well beaten; 6 fl oz black treacle; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Independent Cook

By Jeremy Round

Published 1988

About

Ingredients

6 oz butter – softened, plus more for greasing
6 oz muscovado sugar
3

Dessert
December
Vegetarian

Method

Beat butter and sugar together until thick and fluffy. Mix in treacle, syrup, milk and sherry. Sift flour with cream of tartar, ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Mix alternate spoonfuls of flour mixture and egg into creamed ingredients. Add orange juice and zest plus chopped stem giner. Dissolve bicarb in warm water and blend into the mixture.

Pour into two buttered <