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# Gingerbread · Rampant Scotland

Recipes

# Gingerbread

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*Traditional Scottish Recipes*
 *- Gingerbread*

*This is another popular cake which is found in tearooms across Scotland. This particular version makes a very moist version.*

## Ingredients

- 4oz (100g or 1 stick) margarine

4 0z (100g or half cup) soft brown sugar

1 tablespoon treacle (molasses)

6oz (150g or 1½ cups) plain flour

2oz (50g or half cup) oatmeal

1oz (25g or quarter cup) bran

3 level teaspoons of ground ginger

1 level teaspoon mixed spice (allspice)

1 level teapspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

2 eggs

2 fluid ounces (50ml or quarter cup) milk

4 fluid ounces (100ml or half cup) orange juice

## Method

Preheat the oven to 160C/320F/Gas Mark 3 (reduce the temperature by 10C or eqiuvalent if a fan assisted oven).

Mix the flour, bran, spices and soda together in a bowl. Put the milk and orange juice in another container and lightly beat in the eggs. Put the margarine, sugar and treacle/molasses in a saucepan on a low heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the dry ingredients and then add the eggs/milk/juice mixture.

Pour the mixture into a 2lb loaf tin lined with baking parchment and bake for around 40 minutes. Alternatively, if you want to make iced gingerbread squares, put the mixture in a 9" (23cm) square, lined tin and bake for 35 minutes. When it's cold, use 8oz (250g or one and a quarter cups) icing sugar (frosting) and enough water to make a thick, spreadable icing.

## Source

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