It will take 15 minutes to prepare and needs cooking time
of 45-50 minutes
Ingredients:
125g golden syrup
125g black treacle
250g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp of mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon
2.5 tsp ground ginger
300ml milk
125g dark muscovado sugar
1 egg [beaten]
Method
Pre-heat oven to 180C/ 350F [gas mark 4]
Grease and base line a 1.4kg loaf tin with greaseproof
paper.
Gently heat the golden syrup and black treacle together
in a small pan,
then leave to cool slightly.
Sift the flour, bicarb and spices into a bowl.
Heat the milk with the sugar stirring occasionally until
all the sugar has
dissolved.
Pour the milk and sugar mixture into the dry ingredients
then add the
syrups and egg. Beat well and mix together then pour into
the loaf tin.
Bake for 45 -50 minutes in the centre of the oven until
the knife comes
out cleanly.
Leave to cool for a while in the tin before turning out
on to a rack to cool
off completely.
Wrap in greaseproof paper and then foil.
It is better if you leave it for a day or two. It will last for around 5 days