Lyn's Recipe Collection
1 kg SR
250g butter
60g gr ginger
125g each of sultanas & mixed peel
1 c milk
375g. castor sugar
2 eggs
60g mixed spice
125g currants
500g treacle
pinch salt
Mix drys (except salt) well together. Melt treacle with milk & butter, add beaten eggs & salt.
Add drys and stir til thick batter. Pour into a large greased baking tin and bake 2.5 hours in mod oven .
1 c treacle
1 tsp bicarb (level)
2 tsp gr ginger
1/4 tsp allspice
1 tsp lard
1.5 c plain flour
1 egg
1 Tab br sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 Tab butter
1/2 tsp cr tartar
3/4 c milk
a little mixed peel
Stir all ingredients together after melting treacle, butter, lard & sugar. Beat vigorously and when batter is smooth and free from lumps, stir in well-beaten egg.
Bake in a shallow buttered tin in a mod oven 40 mins. When cold, it can be iced.
Can melt 60g chocolate bar into butter for a different flavour.