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Recipe

Gingerbread loaves with orange icing

Oct 29, 2012 1:00pm
  • 30 mins preparation
  • 25 mins cooking
  • Makes 8 Item
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Ingredients

Gingerbread loaves with orange icing
  • 100 gram butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup caster sugar
  • 1/3 cup treacle
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 3 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • zested orange rind, to garnish
Orange icing
  • 1 1/2 cup icing-sugar mixture
  • 2 tablespoon orange juice
  • 20 gram butter, at room temperature
  • 1 orange, finely grated rind

Method

Gingerbread loaves with orange icing
  • 1
    Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Grease an 8-hole petite loaf pan.
  • 2
    In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and treacle until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
  • 3
    Sift dry ingredients together and fold into creamed mixture alternately with milk. Spoon mixture evenly among pan holes.
  • 4
    Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked when tested. Cool in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  • 5
    Make Orange Icing as per method below.
  • 6
    Spread icing over cold loaves. Top with orange rind strips.
Orange icing
  • 7
    Sift icing sugar into a heatproof bowl. Stir in juice, butter and rind. Mix until smooth. Place over a pan of gently simmering water and heat, stirring, until mixture is of a spreadable consistency.

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