Name: Chocolate ginger loaf
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 150 gram butter, softened; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 3 tablespoon golden syrup; 3 eggs; 1 cup self-raising flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 cup crystallised ginger, chopped to preferred size; 1/4 cup milk; Topping; 1/2 cup crystallised ginger, chopped to preferred size; 100 gram dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

Ingredients

150 gram butter, softened

3/4 cup caster sugar

3 tablespoon golden syrup

3 eggs

1 cup self-raising flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup crystallised ginger, chopped to preferred size

1/4 cup milk

Topping

1/2 cup crystallised ginger, chopped to preferred size

100 gram dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

Method

1.Line a standard loaf tin with baking paper. Place butter, sugar and golden syrup in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy.

2.Beat in eggs, one at a time. Sift the flour and cocoa powder over the creamed mixture and then stir to combine. Lastly, fold in the ginger and the milk.

3.Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

4.Scatter extra ginger over the surface of the cold loaf. Melt the chocolate and drizzle over the ginger, to decorate.

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