Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1              ounce  plain flour
     1/2      teaspoon  cinnamon
  1           teaspoon  ground ginger -- (heaped)
     3/4      teaspoon  sodium bicarbonate
  1              ounce  oatmeal -- fine or medium
  1              ounce  black treacle
  1              ounce  dark brown sugar
  1              ounce  butter or margarine
  1                     egg
  5        tablespoons  milk

Preparation:

Sieve together flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices. Add oatmeal. Melt butter, treacle and sugar in a saucepan and add, with the beaten egg, to the dry ingredients. Lastly stir in the milk to give a fairly soft batter. Turn into a 9 inch cake tin lined with grease-proof paper or baking parchment. Bake at 350F for 25 minutes. Turn down to 325F until a knife or skewer, when inserted, comes out clean. Leave overnight in closed container before eating.

Nutritional Information:

540 Calories (kcal); 32g Total Fat; (52% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 53g Carbohydrate; 259mg Cholesterol; 340mg Sodium