Gingerbread With Whipped Cream Recipe
Ingredients
| Vinegar | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Milk | 6 Fluid Ounce | |
| Flour | 7 Ounce | |
| Baking powder | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Soda bicarbonate | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground ginger | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cloves | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 4 Ounce | |
| Caster sugar | 3 1/2 Ounce | |
| 1 egg, at room temperature | ||
| Molasses | 8 Ounce | |
| Whipped cream, for serving | ||
| Chopped stem ginger, for decorating | ||
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/ 180°C/Gas 4. Line the base of an 8 in (20 cm) square cake tin with greaseproof paper and grease the paper and sides of the tin.
2. Add the vinegar to the milk and set aside. It will curdle.
3. In another mixing bowl, sift all the dry ingredients together 3 times and set aside.
4. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg until well combined.
5. Stir in the molasses.
6. Fold in the dry ingredients in 4. batches, alternating with the curdled milk. Mix only enough to blend.
7. Pour into the prepared tin and baka until firm, 45-50 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm, with whipped cream. Decorate with the stem ginger.
2. Add the vinegar to the milk and set aside. It will curdle.
3. In another mixing bowl, sift all the dry ingredients together 3 times and set aside.
4. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg until well combined.
5. Stir in the molasses.
6. Fold in the dry ingredients in 4. batches, alternating with the curdled milk. Mix only enough to blend.
7. Pour into the prepared tin and baka until firm, 45-50 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm, with whipped cream. Decorate with the stem ginger.
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