Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
250g ginger, peeled and grated
240g molasses
360g golden syrup
415g sugar
500ml canola oil
Dry ingredients
500ml water, boiled
3 tsp baking soda
760g white flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
pinch of black pepper
1 tsp ground ginger
4 free range eggs
Method
Mix baking soda with water then add to wet ingredients.
Slowly add remaining dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until smooth. Then add the eggs, mix and pour into a loaf tin.
Bake at 170degC for 45mins or until set.
-Recipe requested by Deborah Dunnett. Recipe provided by Morning Magpie, Dunedin.
If you have enjoyed a dish in an Otago cafe or restaurant and would like the recipe, write to Ask a Chef, Features, Otago Daily Times, PO Box 517, Dunedin, fax 474-7422, or email odt.features@odt.co.nz, including your name, address and a daytime telephone number, and we will request it.
