Scottish ginger cake Recipe

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Scottish ginger cake

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Ingredients:

3	cup	All-purpose flour
1/2	tsp	Salt
2	tsp	Baking soda
1	tbsp	Ground ginger
1/3	cup	Golden raisins
1/3	cup	Chopped mixed candied peel
1/3	cup	Crystallized ginger, chopped
3/4	cup	Molasses
3/4	cup	Butter
1/3	cup	Packed brown sugar
3		Eggs, beaten
2	tbsp	To 3T milk

Procedures:

1	A rich cake, this improves with keeping in an airtight tin.
2	Very nice served with tea.
3	Preheat oven to 325f (165c).
4	Generously grease an 8-inch square baking pan; set aside.
5	Sift flour, salt, baking soda and ground ginger into a large bowl.
6	Stir in raisins (plump then in some sherry or water before using), candied peel and cystallized ginger; set aside.
7	In a medium-size saucepan, combine molasses, butter and brown sugar.
8	Stir over low heat until butter is melted.
9	Remove from heat.
10	Beat in eggs and milk.
11	Make a well in center of reserved dry ingredients.
12	Pour in molasses mixture and beat thoroughly.
13	Pour into cake pan.
14	Bake 1 ?hours, or until top springs back when lightly touched with finger.
15	Cool in pan on a wire rack.
16	Makes 8 to 12 servings