Grantham Gingerbread

• 8oz plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4oz</

Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the egg yolk. Sift together the flour, baking powder and ginger and add to the butter mixture. Whip the egg white stiffly and fold into the mixture. Put into a tin lined with greased paper and bake at 350°F, 180°C, gas mark 4 for forty minutes. This is a white gingerbread and should remain pale.