Ingredients

half a pound plain flour
two teaspoonfuls ground ginger
one teaspoonfuls mixed spice
two ounces butter
eight tablespoonfuls black treacle or syrup
one ounce soft brown sugar
one egg
quarter pint milk
half a teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda

Method

Melt the treacle, butter and sugar over a low heat.
Sift the flour, ginger, spice and soda into a bowl and pour in the melted treacle mixture.
Beat the egg and milk together, add them to the other ingredients in the bowl and mix all together thoroughly.
Grease a shallow cake tin and line with greaseproof paper.
Put the mixture into it, spread evenly and bake in a moderately hot oven for approximately forty minutes.