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Gingerbread

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This recipe produces a soft gingerbread cake, not gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread is a type of spice cake. Parkin, a variation traditionally eaten in England around Bonfire Night, is partially oat-based.

Total 00:20
Yield 10

Ingredients

  • 110 g (4 oz) butter
  • 110 g (4 oz) brown sugar
  • 220 g (8 oz) golden syrup
  • 220 g (8 oz) all-purpose flour
  • 5 ml (1 level teaspoon) baking powder
  • 5 ml (1 level teaspoon) mixed spice
  • 10 ml (2 level teaspoon) ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 120 ml (4 fluid oz) milk

Instructions

  1. 1
    Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan. Heat gently until the butter melts.
  2. 2
    Place the dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour the melted butter mixture into the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
  3. 3
    Warm the milk in a saucepan (so it will dissolve the syrup).
  4. 4
    Add the milk to the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
  5. 5
    Beat the eggs, and then stir them in to the mixture.
  6. 6
    Pour the mixture into an 8-inch (20 cm) greased square cake tin.
  7. 7
    Bake at 170°C (325°F) for 1 hour.
  8. 8
    Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove.
  9. 9
    Leave at least 1 day before cutting into squares. Serve.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Gingerbread