Olde Tyme Gingerbread

Name: Olde Tyme Gingerbread
Ingredients: 12 oz. ‘Frenlite’ Self-Raising Flour; 2 teaspoons Mixed Spice; 6 oz. Golden Syrup; 2 Eggs; 8 oz. Fat (half Lard or Dripping and half Margarine or Butter); 2 teaspoons Ground Ginger; 1 level teaspoon Bi-carbonate Soda; 1 teacup Boiling Water

From Frenlite cookery book, 1950

This mixture may seem thin but gives excellent results.

Presented as published in 1950. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

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This recipe was extracted from Frenlite cookery book (1950) by J.W. French & Co. Ltd, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OLDE TYME GINGERBREAD 12 oz. ‘‘Frenlite’’ Self-Raising Flour 2 teaspoons Mixed Spice 6 oz. Golden Syrup 2 Eggs 8 oz. Fat (half Lard or Dripping 2 teaspoons Ground Ginger and half Margarine or Butter) 1 level teaspoon Bi-carbonate 2 oz. Demerara Sugar Soda 1 teacup Boiling Water

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