Pirate's Gingerbread
- 14 cup butter (can use low-fat, the original recipe does but it tastes better with butter) or 14 cup margarine (can use low-fat, the original recipe does but it tastes better with butter)
- 2 tablespoons marmalade
- 12 cup golden syrup
- 12 cup molasses
- 14 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rum (I like Morgan's Spiced)
- 12 cup skim milk
- 34 cup wholewheat flour
- 34 cup self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 14 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 12 cup porridge oats
- 1 large egg
- Put the butter, marmalade, syrup, molasses, sugar and rum in a large saucepan and heat until bubbling, stirring well.
- Simmer gently until sugar has dissolved, then remove from the heat and stir in the milk.
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Spray a 7 inch square baking tin with low fat cooking spray and line with non-stick parchment paper.
- Put dry ingredients in a large bowl and stir to mix.
- One the wet ingredients are cool, all in dry ingredients and egg and beat until smooth (don't overbeat!).
- Pour into prepared tin.
- Bake for 1 1/4- 1 1/2 hours until risen and firm (cover loosely with foil if it's browning too much), then cool in tin for 1/2 hour.
- Turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely, then peel off baking paper, wrap in cling film and leave for at least a day to become really sticky.
- Unwrap and enjoy!
butter, marmalade, golden syrup, molasses, brown sugar, rum, milk, wholewheat flour, flour, ground ginger, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda, oats, egg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pirates-gingerbread-376516 (may not work)