GINGERBREAD LOAF.

Ingredients.....100gm of butter / marg, 25 gm caster sugar, 100 gm of treacle or golden syrup, 225 gm of plain flour, 1 tsp of bi carb of soda, 1 tsp of ground ginger, 1 tsp of mixed spice, 2 eggs, beaten. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease a small loaf pan and lightly sprinkle with polenta. Melt the butter/ marg, sugar and syrup / treacle over a gentle heat. Mix the flour, bi carb of soda and spices together in a mixing bowl. Stir in the cooled liquid and then the beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly and beat until you have a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, use the back of a spoon to smooth over the the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 3/4 - 1 hour or until tested with a skewer. Cool the loaf in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack. This loaf improves with keeping and freezes well.