Welsh Gingerbread
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Welsh Gingerbread is an exceptional cake and the kind you’ll eat with a fork. Not for making houses, but great with a cup of cream tea or glass of milk. Gingerbread is a delight throughout the Winter season and not limited to the holidays. It’s wonderful when served with apple sauce or sauteed apples or ice cream.
Welsh Gingerbread
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Author: Epicurus.com Kitchens
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 3 pounds flour
- 7 teaspoons ground ginger
- 6 ounces black treacle or dark molasses
- 1/4 pint milk
- 6 ounces Demerara sugar (Sugar in the Raw)
- 1/4 pound butter
- 2 ounces minced peel
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Garnish
- 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Sift the flour with the bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar.
- Rub the butter into the flour and add the other dry ingredients. Add the treacle and milk. Mix well.
- Place in a greased loaf pan and bake in a slow oven (300 degrees F. or Mark 2) for 1 1/2 hours.
- Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar just before cutting and serving.
Notes
In Welsh, the name of this recipe is BARA SINSIR CYMREIG
