Ginger Gems
Ginger gems are hard to describe to those who have never tried them. Think of small ginger flavoured sponges served with cream and a dab of raspberry jam and you are on the right track. Or butter, or vanilla icecream. This recipe makes enough to fill two gem irons.
Equipment
- 2 Gem Irons
Ingredients
- 50 g butter melted
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp ginger ground
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 cup standard flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ cup milk
- 10 g butter for the gem irons
Instructions
- Preheat gem irons in the oven set at 200ºC.
- Sift the flour, ground ginger and mixed spice into a bowl and stir in the sugar.1/4 cup white sugar, 1 tsp ginger, 1 cup standard flour, 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- Melt together the butter and golden syrup.50 g butter, 2 tbsp golden syrup
- Dissolve the soda in milk.1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp baking soda
- Add the beaten egg and melted butter mixture to the dry ingredients and mix quickly, then pour in the combined milk and soda then mix again.1 egg
- Take the heated gem irons from the oven and drop a little butter into each hole. The butter should sizzle gently. You don’t need to spread the butter around it will move up the sides of the gem iron when the mixture goes in.10 g butter
- Spoon in the gem mixture using a large tablespoon and dropping the mixture from the side of the spoon. Bake for 10 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
- After a minute, turn the gems out onto a rack to cool. Serve with butter.