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These delightful 'hearth cakes' are a traditional English treat for 5th November
Ingredients
- 100g butter
- 50g brown sugar
- 2 tbsp treacle
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 175ml milk
- 100g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 100g oats
Directions
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- Preheat the oven to //gas mark
- Grease a cm baking tray with butter. Or use muffin trays or paper cake cases for individual cakes (makes about ).
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter, sugar and treacle together over a low heat. Be careful not to let it burn or bubble.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the golden syrup and milk.
- Add the plain flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and cloves and mix well, beating to remove any lumps.
- Stir in the oats.
- Pour into the baking tray and cook for minutes (or minutes for individual cakes). Test by pressing the top with your finger tip. It should spring back and not leave a dent.
- Cut into squares and leave to cool on a wire tray.
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