Classic English favourite. A beautifully dense cake. Good by itself; as a pudding with vanilla ice-cream; or even toasted and buttered at tea time! Perfect.
Recipe posted by porridge
OLD ENGLISH GINGERBREAD
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 225 grams plain flour
- 5 teaspoons ground ginger (between 4 and 5 teaspoons, depends on personal preference)
- 1 pinch of bicarbonate of soda
- 100 grams soft brown sugar
- 150 ml milk
- 100 grams butter (or margarine)
- 2 eggs
- 100 grams black treacle
Method
- Oven setting: 150 ºC/ 300 ºF/ Gas Mark 2 Preheat oven and grease 450g loaf tin
- Sift together the flour, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and sugar
- Warm the milk and dissolve the butter/marg in it. DO NOT BOIL.
- Beat the eggs Add the beaten eggs and treacle to the dry ingredients. Add the milk and butter mixture. Beat well. The mixture should be really runny.
- Pour into prepared tin and bake for 35minutes. Then lower the heat to a very cool (130oC/ 275 ºF/ Gas Mark 1/2-1) for 25minutes.
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