Treacle Gingerbread Loaf

Name: Treacle Gingerbread Loaf
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 250 grams black treacle; 140 grams soft brown sugar; 2 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 185 milliliters milk; 3 teaspoons mixed spice; 80 milliliters olive oil; 185 grams plain flour; 110 grams self raising flour

Treacle Gingerbread Loaf is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 331 calories, 5g of protein, and 10g of fat. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, treacle, ground ginger, and a few other things to make it today. It is perfect for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan/gas mark

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Oven

Grease a 10cm x 20cm x7cm (1lb) loaf tin and line with baking parchment or greaseproof paper, ensuring that the paper extends 3cm above tin. (I used a loaf tin insert, which didn't rise above the tin and it was fine)2.Sift the flours, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and mixed spice in a large bowl. Stir in the sugar until well combined.

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Baking Soda

Mixed Spice

Ginger

Sugar

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Bowl

Whisk the treacle, milk, olive oil and eggs in a jug.

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Olive Oil

Molasses

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Add to the flour and stir until just combined.

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All Purpose Flour

Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a cake skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean,

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Oven

Skewers

Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and allow it to cool completely.Variation: If you like, you can use golden syrup instead of black treacle.

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Black Treacle

Golden Syrup