I'll be baking some of this:
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A classic Yorkshire ginger cake - a perfect accompaniment with a cup of tea. Ingredients
225g/8oz self raising flour
110g/4oz caster sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 egg
200ml/7fl oz milk
55g/2oz butter
110g/4oz golden syrup Method
- Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2. Line a 22cm/8in tin.
- Sieve the flour, sugar, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl.
- In a small pan gently heat the butter and syrup until melted.
- Beat the egg into the milk.
- Gradually pour the butter and syrup into the flour and stir. The mixture will be thick.
- Pour in the egg and milk and stir until smooth and pour into the lined tin.
- Bake for 1 hour
and be taking the tin out with me to watch the fireworks for Guy Fawkes night.