Ginger Slice

 I’ve got a blog post in the works about our holidays (now nearly two weeks ago!), but in the meantime, I posted a photo of the Ginger Slice I made on the weekend and there have been requests for the recipe.

 Here is it:

Base

60g (2 oz) brown sugar

115g (4 oz) butter

1 cup SR flour (1 cup of all purpose flour plus one teaspoon of baking powder)

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1. Cream butter and sugar, add flour and ginger.

2. Press into a flat tray (about 20 x 25 cm).

3. Cook in a moderately hot oven (about 180/190C) until golden brown.

Icing

140 g (5 oz) sifted icing sugar (powdered sugar)

60g (2 oz) butter

1 teaspoon ground ginger

2 teaspoons golden syrup (you could substitute another syrup here, maybe corn syrup)

1. Mix ingredients together in saucepan while base is cooking. Stir over low heat until thickened.

2. Pour over base immediately after you take the base out of the oven.

3. Cut into rectangles while hot.