Gingerbread!

Very busy and very behind with blogging these recipes, so today will be a quick photo, type recipe & push publish kinda day! (And I've just realised I'm out of order with posting when I made what, but we won't let that get in the way of progress!)


Gingerbread

100gms butter (softened)
3/4C sugar
2 eggs
1C golden syrup
1C milk
3C flour
2tsp ginger
2tsp cinnamon
1 1/2tsp baking soda
crystalised ginger pieces (optional)

• Cream butter & sugar til light coloured, add eggs & beat.
• Warm syrup til runny & add milk, stir.
• Sieve dry ingredients several times
• Fold the syrup mixture & dry ingredients alternately into the butter mixture. Do not over mix. Fold together until no dry flour remains.
• Turn into 2 loaf pans (or 20cm square cake tins) lined with baking paper. Sprinkle with chopped pieces of crystalised ginger if using.
• Bake at 150'C until a skewer comes out clean from the centre, about 30-40mins for square pans, 40-45mins for loaf pans.

Note: 

- I used molasses instead of golden syrup (I'd run out!) & it still tasted good, probably a bit darker in colour than normal.

- I used individual loaf pans, so it took less time to cook, but I can't remember how long! I just guess anyway! (Should I be admitting that?!)

Friendship Brownie

With study for & sitting a Uni exam, I forgot what day of the week I was living in - it was about dinner time when I remembered it was Tuesday.....and I was scheduled to make a baking delivery the next day! So a quick look through the recipes I was given at my Hen's Party to find something quick & easy....and that I had the ingredients for! My good friend Fi's, Brownie recipe ticked all the boxes, so I quickly whipped a batch up.

             Friendship Brownie

           250g butter
           4 eggs
           1 Tbsp vanilla essence
           1 1/2C sugar
           8 Tbsp cocoa
           1 C flour
           2 tsp baking powder
           Choc chips
           Walnuts
           Icing sugar to serve

• Melt butter
• Add eggs, sugar & vanilla. Beat well.
• Add sifted flour, baking powder, cocoa. Mix well.
• Pour into a greased slice pan.
• Sprinkle with choc chips & chopped walnuts.
• Bake 180' for 35min.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.

Can't really go wrong with chocolate now can ya? 😜