Bonfire Gingercake

A piece of spicy gingercake is a lovely Guy Fawkes Night treat, delicious eaten with a glass of hot punch. You could decorate the top with stars made from silver paper or with white icing and silver balls

Dish Details:

INGREDIENTS:

100g butter, plus extra for greasing
100g dark brown sugar
100g sultanas
8 tbsp treacle
1 tsp ground ginger
2 eggs
200g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
500ml milk
a few whole, blanched almonds (optional)

PREPARATION:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.

2. Grease a 20cm cake tin.

3. Cream together the butter and sugar until soft.

4. Stir in the sultanas, treacle and ginger.

5. Mix in the eggs one at a time with about half of the flour.

6. Add the remaining flour, the bicarbonate of soda and the milk.

7. Turn into the cake tin and cook for 60 minutes or until a skewer or knife comes out clean. (If you want to add almonds, scatter them over the top about two-thirds of the way through the cooking time.)