Food Monday ~ Gingerbread
Preheat oven to 140°C
200g Butter
200g Soft Brown Sugar
100g Golden Syrup
100 Black Treacle
300g Plain Flour
2 Eggs, beaten
1×15ml Ground Ginger
A pinch of Salt
1×10ml Ground Cinnamon
250ml Warm Milk
1×5ml Bicarbonate Soda
Melt together slowly the treacle, sugar and butter, stirring all the time. Remove from the heat and stir in the beaten eggs. Sieve the flour, salt, cinnamon and ginger and stir into the melted mixture. Sieve the bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and pour the warm milk over it. Add this to the treacle mixture, stirring well to combine all the ingredients. Pour into a prepared 2lb loaf tin and bake for about 1 hour. Allow to cool in tin. If possible 
keep for a day or two before serving.
