Ginger cake made with three types of ginger and a wonderful mix of dark treacle and golden syrup
Ingredients
100g butter, melted and cooled
125g sieved icing sugar
25g Shipton Mill gluten free white flour
85g ground almonds
3 medium egg whites
items to decorate - choose from:
glace cherries (chopped into quarters)
blueberries
raspberries
sultanas
Method
1. Preheat oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Butter six non-stick friand or muffin tins. Melt butter and leave to cool.
2. Sift icing sugar and flour into a bowl. Add the almonds and mix together.
3. Whisk egg whites separately until they form a light, floppy foam. Make a well in the dry ingredients, tip in the egg whites, lightly stir in the melted butter to form a soft batter.
4. Divide the batter between the tins. Add the decorating items. Bake for 15-20 minutes until just firm to the touch and golden brown.
5. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes and then turn onto a cooling rack.
IMPORTANT NOTE
This page is an open forum for friends of Shipton Mill to contribute recipes. We do not test all of these recipes, so we cannot guarantee that they are gluten-free and suitable for all dietary requirements. Please do check the recipe thoroughly before making it.
Added by: Juliet Collis
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