Gingerbread
This recipe produces a soft gingerbread cake, not gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread is a type of spice cake. Parkin, a variation traditionally eaten in England around Bonfire Night, is partially oat-based.
Ingredients
- 110 g (4 oz) butter
- 110 g (4 oz) brown sugar
- 220 g (8 oz) golden syrup
- 220 g (8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 5 ml (1 level teaspoon) baking powder
- 5 ml (1 level teaspoon) mixed spice
- 10 ml (2 level teaspoon) ground ginger
- 2 eggs
- 120 ml (4 fluid oz) milk
Ingredients for 10 servings (895 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan. Heat gently until the butter melts.
Stovetop - 2
Place the dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour the melted butter mixture into the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
- 3
Warm the milk in a saucepan (so it will dissolve the syrup).
Stovetop - 4
Add the milk to the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
- 5
Beat the eggs, and then stir them in to the mixture.
- 6
Pour the mixture into an 8-inch (20 cm) greased square cake tin.
- 7
Bake at 170°C (325°F) for 1 hour.
Oven - 8
Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove.
- 9
Leave at least 1 day before cutting into squares. Serve.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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