Sticky Gingerbread

Name: Sticky Gingerbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter; 150g golden syrup; 150g black treacle or molasses; 150g brown sugar; 250ml whole milk; 2 eggs; 300g plain flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

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

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

Whisk in eggs.

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

Pour into a lined deep 20cm square tin.

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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