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Gingerbread Loaf

  • Total Time

    1h 15m

    • Prep Time

      25m

    • Bake Time

      50m

  • Serves

    12

  • Skill Level

    Easy

  • Dietary Needs

    NF/Veg
    • Nut free
    • Vegetarian

  • 1 Review

    5 star rating

This English gingerbread loaf  recipe is very traditional, it is moist, rich and treacly, a great afternoon tea treat. Top tip, for an extra tasty twist, mix up some icing sugar with some fresh lime juice for a real zing which compliments the ginger perfectly.  

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 160°C (fan 140°C, gas mark 3) and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.  

  2. Melt together the butter, sugar, golden syrup and treacle in a pan on a low heat, set aside to cool slightly.

  3. In a large bowl sift together the flour and ground ginger and add the crystallised ginger. Pour in the melted butter mixture and stir until evenly mixed.

  4. Next add the eggs and milk and beat together.

  5. Pour the mixture into the tin making sure it is level, then place in the oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes clean out of the centre of the cake. Set aside to cool then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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Reviews

  1. 5 star rating

    This has become a firm favourite in my home. I omit the crystallised ginger (175g sugar is plenty!) and replace with another teaspoon of ground ginger . Delicious and very easy to make

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Ingredients

  • 175g Unsalted Butter
  • 175g Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar (We Like Billington's)
  • 75g Golden Syrup
  • 75g Black Treacle
  • 175g Self-Raising White Flour
  • 175g Self-Raising Wholemeal Flour
  • 3 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 50g Crystallised Ginger (Finely Diced )
  • 1 Large Free Range Egg(s)
  • 300ml Whole Milk

Utensils

  • 2lb Loaf Tin
  • Baking Parchment
  • Saucepan
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  • Total

    2h 50m

  • Serves

    4

  • Skill

    Intermediate

  • Diet

    NF/Veg

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