Challenge 41: ginger - Beeswax Pie

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This is a recipe from one of those fundraising cookbooks where the members of a particular community contribute recipes and the resulting collection is printed and sold - in this case, a choir adjacent to the choir that I used to sing in.

This is not, in fact, a pie, nor does it contain any beeswax or bee products. The name comes from the appearance of the icing. It's pleasant and dead easy.

Ingredients

for the shortcake
4oz butter
2oz caster sugar (we didn't have any, so I used granulated)
5oz plain flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1 level teaspoon ground ginger

for the icing
4 level tablespoonfuls icing sugar
2oz butter
1 level teaspoon ground ginger
3 level teaspoons golden syrup

Equipment
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Weighing scales
Sieve
Teaspoon and tablespoon for measuring
Oven
Hob
Baking tray (I used a round sandwich tin, 7" or so across - a square shape would make it easier to cut into regular pieces)
Saucepan

Method

1. Beat the sugar into the butter. Sift in the flour, baking powder and ginger and mix well.
2. Press into a tin and bake in a moderate oven (190degC or so) for 30 minutes, until pale brown.
3. While the shortcake is cooling, melt the icing ingredients gently together in a saucepan. Pour over the shortcake. (It's less messy to do this while the cake is still in the tin, but it's then more messy to get it out of the tin. Take your pick)
4. Allow to cool.

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