Gingerbread

Cakes, Biscuits and Bread  

Ingredients

100 gm Butter or margarine
1 Egg(s)
100 gm Granulated white sugar
200 gm Plain flour
� tsp Bicarbonate of soda
4 Tbsp Golden syrup
3 tsp Ground ginger
2 tsp Mixed spice
200 ml Water

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 150�C.

Cream the butter, sugar and golden syrup. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in warm water. Add the egg to the butter mixture and beat well. Then beat in the spices and flour alternately with the bicarb and water. Pour the mixture into a greased cake or loaf tin and bake for 1 hour. The cake should be springy to the touch.

24 Sep 2023
Shirl Seath