Ginger Shortcake Recipe.
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curiouswombatMy mouth is less painful than I would expect - really no pain at all.
I have written about fifteen of my Christmas cards.
The ginger shortcake is not bad, it has a sort of frosted topping -
so here is the recipe -
Shortcake
200g (7 oz) butter
100g (3 1/2 oz) caster sugar
250g (9 oz) flour - half plain and half SR, or plain with just under a level teaspoon baking powder
1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger.
Icing
75g (3 oz) butter
1 tablespoonful golden syrup (corn syrup would do I think)
1 heaped teaspoonful ground ginger
75g (3 oz) icing sugar.
Pre-heat oven to 300F, 150C, gas mark 2
Cream butter and sugar, then work in flour and ground ginger.
Press into 8" square tin, and bake for about 40 mins - until golden brown.
Whilst the shortcake is still warm make the topping - melt together the butter and syrup, add ginger and icing sugar and beat until no white bits of icing sugar remain.
Pour over the cake, and cut into fingers whilst still warm, but then leave in the tin to cool.
Makes 16 fingers.
I have written about fifteen of my Christmas cards.
The ginger shortcake is not bad, it has a sort of frosted topping -
so here is the recipe -
200g (7 oz) butter
100g (3 1/2 oz) caster sugar
250g (9 oz) flour - half plain and half SR, or plain with just under a level teaspoon baking powder
1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger.
75g (3 oz) butter
1 tablespoonful golden syrup (corn syrup would do I think)
1 heaped teaspoonful ground ginger
75g (3 oz) icing sugar.
Pre-heat oven to 300F, 150C, gas mark 2
Cream butter and sugar, then work in flour and ground ginger.
Press into 8" square tin, and bake for about 40 mins - until golden brown.
Whilst the shortcake is still warm make the topping - melt together the butter and syrup, add ginger and icing sugar and beat until no white bits of icing sugar remain.
Pour over the cake, and cut into fingers whilst still warm, but then leave in the tin to cool.
Makes 16 fingers.
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Date: 08/12/2005 12:40 am (UTC)Also really glad we're finally getting a new kitchen scale that actually does metric. Although, it has been giving me lots of math practice doing conversions up 'til now.
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Date: 08/12/2005 08:35 am (UTC)Picture of similar scales (http://www.lakelandlimited.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/GBP/DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=CNzeJAjP8NtQJktY5mnVIqAPw9BT-O9jXuI=?ProductID=4qPAqAYULacAAAEAh0TYYUJF)
you can see the measuring bit on the bottom - well mine has one 'scale' in ounces, and on the opposite side of the whole thing it has a matching metric one.
Recipes in magazines aimed at younger people are just in metric, but this was from a 'granny' mag, so has both!