 |
110g/4oz butter
150g/5oz Tate & Lyle Fruit sugar
4 level tbsp Lyle's Black Treacle
2 large eggs
150ml/¼ pt milk
300g/10oz plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp ground ginger |
 |
|
Instructions
- Grease and line with non-stick parchment a 23cm /9ins square cake tin. Heat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3.
- Put the butter,Tate & Lyle Fruit Sugar and Lyle's Black Treacle into a small pan and set over a medium heat until the butter has melted. Stir until smooth and remove from the heat.
- Whisk the eggs and milk together. Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl, add the melted mixture and the eggs and beat to make a smooth batter.
- Pour into the prepared tin and level. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until firm to the touch and a skewer comes out clean when tested.
- Leave in the tin to cool for 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely. The cake can be cut into squares, or bars or thick slices.
This cake can be iced using 225g/8oz Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar mixed with lemon juice until smooth
|