Fochabers Gingerbread

• 8oz butter
• 4oz sugar
• 8oz

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the slightly warmed treacle. Add the lightly beaten eggs and beat the mixture well. Mix the flour with the spices, dried fruit and almonds. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the beer and gradually mix all the ingredients together. Put into a large greased cake tin and bake at 325°F, 170°C, gas mark 3 for two hours.