Sticky Gingerbread

Name: Sticky Gingerbread
Ingredients: 125 g butter; 100 g demerara sugar; 225 g plain flour; 2 eggs; 300 g molasses; 1 teaspoon ginger powder; 4 pieces ginger in syrup, chopped finely; 2 tablespoons ginger syrup; 2 tablespoons milk; 12 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

10 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

125 g butter
100 g demerara sugar
225 g plain flour
2 eggs
300 g molasses
1 teaspoon ginger powder
4 pieces ginger in syrup, chopped finely
2 tablespoons ginger syrup
2 tablespoons milk
12 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 160C/Gas Mark 3/325F.
2

Line a 18cm/7in loaf tin with parchment paper.
3

Cream the butter and sugar together, before adding the 2 eggs and mixing in well.
4

Next, add the molasses followed by the ginger powder and flour (sifted).
5

Incorporate the chopped stem ginger and syrup into the mixture.
6

Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the milk and mix in well.
7

Pour into the loaf tin and bake for approximately 50 minutes.
8

Use a skewer to test, it should be clean but the cake should have some moisture when you press down on it, almost like a brownie.