Tuesday, 22 January 2019

ORIGINAL GLORY GINGER CAKE

The ingredients you will need for this recipe ........
1/4 lb of butter
1/2 lb of brown sugar
1 tsp of soda
1/2 lb of plain flour
2 tbs of golden syrup
1 egg
1 cup of sour milk OR  1/2 cup of fresh milk
1 tsp of ground ginger
1 tsp of cinnamon

The method given was printed as so ......
Cream butter and sugar , add sifted flour , cinnamon and ginger
Keep back 1 tbs of this dry mixture ; to what remains add beaten egg and milk in which is dissolved the soda .
Grease and flour tin , then pour in your mixture and sprinkle the top with the tablespoon of dry mixture .
Preheat the oven to 375 deg, snap top element off , bottom element low .
Bake about an hour in centre of oven .
This recipe caught  my eye when browsing a recipe booklet put out by the Electricity Commission
( undated )

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