Gingerbread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup golden syrup
• 1 cup milk
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup lukewarm water

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until light coloured.
• 2 add eggs and beat again.
• 3 heat golden syrup until thin, remove from heat and add milk. stir together.
• 4 sift together flour, ginger and cinnamon, and add them alternately with the liquid, to the creamed mixture.
• 5 dissolve baking soda in water and add, stir well.
• 6 bake in two lined loaf tins 160c for 1 1/4 hours.