A Gingerbread Cake the Children Will Like

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 2, 1 August 1924, Page 39

A Gingerbread Cake the Children Will Like

Required: Alb. of flour, pinch of salt, 2 teaspoonfuls of ginger, 2oz. of dripping or margarine, loz. of brown sugar, Alb. of golden syrup (3 good tablespoon 1 egg, £ teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, 4 teacupful of milk. Method: Grease a Yorkshire pudding tin. Put the fat, syrup and sugar into a saucepan and stir until dissolved, then cool a little. Sieve the flour, ginger, a pinch of salt, and the bicarbonate of soda into a basin. Beat the egg and pour it into a hollow in the flour, add the fat mixture, milk, and stir well together. Pour into the tin and bake in a moderate oven from threequarters to one hour, or until firm to the touch. Turn on to a sieve to cool. If liked, blanched and shredded almonds may be added to this cake, or the grated rind of half a lemon.