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Sticky Gingerbread

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Sticky Gingerbread

A dark, soft and intensely spiced British gingerbread loaf, better the day after baking. Wrapping and resting it overnight before cutting lets the syrup and treacle soften the crumb into its signature sticky texture.

Total time
65 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
50 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

100gbutter
150ggolden syrup
150gblack treacle or molasses
150gbrown sugar
250mlwhole milk
2eggs
300gplain flour
2 tspground ginger
1 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspmixed spice
1 tspbicarbonate of soda

Instructions

1

Melt butter, golden syrup, treacle, sugar and milk together. Cool slightly.

2

Whisk in eggs.

3

Sift flour, spices and bicarb. Stir into liquid mixture.

4

Pour into a lined deep 20cm square tin.

5

Bake at 160°C for 50 minutes. The cake will sink slightly. Cool in tin, then wrap and rest overnight before cutting.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
789
Protein
13.3g
Fat
25.5g
Carbs
128g
Fiber
2.5g
Sodium
433mg

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