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.
Maz@styletreaty said,
March 31, 2008 at 8:04 am
I absolutely love Gingerbread. Yumm, this looks like a lovely recipe, another one to add to the ever growing list of things to make!!
steph said,
March 31, 2008 at 8:54 am
Yummmmmmy!
Double rations of treacle this week and it looks lovely and easy to make. Not sure we’ll be able to wait long enough to even allow it to cool
Thanks! GM
Deborah said,
March 31, 2008 at 9:14 am
I’m going to make this right now. I love gingerbread and have been looking for a good recipe. The craving strikes! Right, off to bake! Back later with a verdict, that whole keep for a day or two thing isn’t going to go down well in this house!
Nancy said,
March 31, 2008 at 11:31 am
Grannymar,
There you go with that treacle again. How can I make this recipe when I can’t figure out the temperature and I have no
GD treacle ?????????
Magpie 11 said,
March 31, 2008 at 11:38 am
oooh My Godddd!
Using more Sticky num num! (aka Black treacle)
Try adding a couple of ounces of chopped ( not too fine) stem or crystallised Ginger like my Grannie did!
I was always intrigued by the way ginger cake sinks in the middle.
That lovely darkbrown layer onthe ousdie too!
Why do you do this to me?
Grannymar said,
March 31, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I disappear for a couple of hours and come back to the aroma of Gingerbread everywhere!
Hope the cooking is going well. I’ll be round for a taste later on!
Jefferson Davis said,
March 31, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Yuuuummmyyyy….You are making me hungry! Stop it.
I’ll have to give this one a go, Grannymar. 
Thanks…
Joy said,
March 31, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Oh how I love gingerbread. Thank you Grannymar. I’m making a copy right now. Have a beautiful week ahead….
Grannymar said,
March 31, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Thank you Joy, enjoy the Gingerbread when you make it.
wisewebwoman said,
April 1, 2008 at 3:30 am
All of your readers, GM, being addicted to the internets ‘n all and not getting any fresh air whatsover, are going to be 20 stone in a very short time.
These recipes! And aren’t you the metricky moll!
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
April 1, 2008 at 10:05 am
WWW my kitchen scales has been on the wall for years. It works for lbs an kilos, so when I find a recipe I like use it as it comes with no need for conversion. My head is far to empty for all that work.
Will Knott said,
April 1, 2008 at 12:20 pm
You know, I suspect that at least one Tesco rep is paying attention here. I’ve seen Black Treacle for sale in Tesco’s for the first time in 5 years.
Grannymar said,
April 1, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Will, both the Treacle & Golden Syrup were on special offer in our New Asda yesterday.
elly said,
April 1, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I think she’s getting like Delia - remember years ago when she ran the cooking TV show and they ended up having to warn the supermarkets in advance of their ingredients?
Her television series Delia’s How to Cook (1998) reportedly led to a 10% rise in egg sales in Britain, and her use of ingredients (such as cranberries), or utensils (such as an omelette pan), could cause sell-outs overnight.
Grannymar said,
April 1, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Elly
Will Knott said,
April 1, 2008 at 2:44 pm
OK, when is FoodCamp taking place
Grannymar said,
April 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Will Knott said,
April 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm
actually it seems that something is afoot. One in Kilkenny in October and Conoro is making sounds about another
Grannymar said,
April 1, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Will do you need an apron for that?
steph said,
April 2, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Grannymar
I was just printing out your recipe above and wondered…
how do I measure out 15ml of ginger and 10ml cinnamon?
Did you mean ‘mg’ or am I missing something here?
Grannymar said,
April 2, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Steph
My measuring spoons are maked for mls and spoonfuls.
15mls is a tablespoon
10mls is a dessertspoon
steph said,
April 2, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Ah! That makes sense now - thanks GM!