For the batter you need
400ml flour
15ml baking powder
2ml salt
20ml ground ginger
100ml brown sugar
100ml cup white sugar
75g butter
25ml honey or golden syrup
200ml milk
Zest of 1 lime or a small lemon
20ml finely grated fresh ginger
For the sauce you need
70ml brown sugar
70ml white sugar
25ml honey or golden syrup
25ml ground ginger
Juice of 1 lime or small lemon, about 25ml
500ml boiling water
To prepare
Grease a baking dish. It must be about 50ml deep and diameter of about 20cm
Turn oven to 180°C
To serve: whipped cream or custard.
Put the kettle on to boil!
In a mixing bowl, place the flour, baking powder, salt, sugars and mix well.
In the meantime melt the butter and honey in the microwave.
Once the honey and butter have melted add the milk, ginger and zest and pour this into the bowl of dry ingredients.
Stir gently until it forms a thick batter. Do not over-mix!
Pour the batter into the baking dish.
The thick batter is poured into the base of the dish
For the syrup, use the same mixing bowl. Don’t stress if there are still a few scrapings of the batter!
Place all the syrup ingredients in the bowl and stir to mix.
Pour this over the batter.
At this stage its looks weird, do not worry!
Place the baking dish in the center of the oven and bake for 35 minutes. The top will be firm and it will be floating on a thick syrup.
Serve warm with thick cream or custard and a few curls of lime zest.
