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Iced and Spiced Gingerbread
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The Sweet Roasting Tin
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Introduction from Rukmini Iyer
Despite the very gingery theme of this book, these mini loaves with their gilded icing are just too nice not to include in a holiday baking chapter. Perfect as a hostess gift or for a special winter afternoon tea at home.
Ingredients
Essential kit
You will Need: a mini-loaf tin for 8 small loaves or a muffin tin.
Method
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C/gas 4. Whisk the olive oil, date syrup and grated ginger together; when smoothly incorporated, beat in the eggs one at a time.
Gently fold in the ground almonds, self-raising flour, baking powder, ground ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon, taking care not to overmix.
Spoon the batter into 8 lined mini-loaf tins (you could also use a muffin tin), then transfer to the oven and bake for 25 minutes, until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Let the loaves cool on a wire rack. Once cold, mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice and ice the cakes, scattering over the crystallised ginger as opposite.
Once the icing has set, you can spritz gently with edible gold spray. These will keep well in an airtight container for 2–3 days.
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