Sticky Gingerbread

Submitted by Noo8820

"This recipe takes no time at all to prepare, and is simply delicious. It’s perfect for a well deserved tea/coffee break, but equally good served slightly warm with some good vanilla ice cream. My two young children love this cake-my 3 year old son calls it Mummy’s special ginger cake! It keeps very well and freezes well too!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 500 g plain flour
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 250 g muscovado sugar
• 175 g butter
• 175 g golden syrup
• 175 g black treacle
• 300 ml milk
• 1 egg

directions

1. Set oven to 160°C Grease a 11 x 9" tin with baking parchment.
2. Sift the flour, ginger, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl. Place the sugar, butter, syrup and treacle in a pan and heat until the butter has just melted. Don’t allow it to get too hot.
3. Stir in the milk then beat in the egg. Pour in the dry ingredients and beat together.
4. Pour immediately into baking tin and bake for 1-1/4 hours until firm to the touch. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out of tin and allow to cool completely.
5. NB You can also add a few finely chopped pieces of stem ginger to the mix if you wish.

Reviews

[IngridH]

What a yummy snack cake! I didn't have a 9 x 11 pan, so I used a 9 x 13, which worked just fine. I loved the strong flavor of ginger in this cake, as well as the fact that it wasn't overly sweet, as so many desserts can be. I found that it was a touch on the dry side, but that will be fixed when I serve it with some creme anglais. This is a definite make again, I look forward to serving it during the holidays. Thanks for posting a great recipe!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Was intrigued with this recipe & made it pretty much as written, using the suggested 11"x9" baking pan & baking it in a 320 degree F oven for just a hair over 1 hour! I even got to use some of the golden syrup that I still have on hand, & I ended up with an ABSOLUTELY GREAT TASTING GINGERBREAD! Thanks for another very nice keepr recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[invictus]

This is good but perhaps a bit drier than I would have anticipated/liked. I had a bit of trouble with conversions to US measurements so this may be why it isn't as moist as it should be. I baked at 325 degrees for an hour, used a 13 x 9 pan, and used slightly more than one cup of milk. The grams were easier for me to convert so no problems there. I didn't have golden syrup readily available so I substituted corn syrup.