Dorset Gingerbread

Method

• step 1

  Grease and line a cake tin that is 8x12 in size. Heat the butter, sugar and treacle together in a pan until the butter has just melted.

• step 2

  Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl.

• step 3

  Sift the flour, ginger and cinnamon into another bowl. Stir the melted mixture and the eggs into the flour.

• step 4

  Heat the milk until lukewarm. Remove the heat and stir into the bicarbonate of soda. Add to the mixture and beat well. Pour into the prepared tin.

• step 5

  Bake at 170c/Gas 3 for 1 1/2 hours. Turn out and allow to cool on a rack.