Name: Sticky Gingerbread Loaf
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 110g unsalted butter; 110g black treacle; 110g golden syrup; 110g dark brown sugar; 225g plain flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 150ml milk; 1 egg, beaten

Method

Heat the oven to 160°C / 140°C fan / gas 3. Line a 900g loaf tin.
Melt the butter, treacle, syrup and sugar together in a pan over a low heat. Cool for 5 minutes.
Sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Pour in the melted mixture, then the milk and egg, and beat to a smooth, runny batter.
Pour into the tin and bake for 45 to 50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
Cool in the tin, then wrap in foil and leave for a day before cutting if you can bear to.