Rich Dark Gingerbread Cake –

Ingredients

• 190g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
• 115g treacle
• 180g dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 200g plain flour
• 1½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1½ ground ginger
• 3 medium eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 6oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
• 4oz treacle
• 6oz dark brown sugar
• 7oz plain flour
• Step 1 Preheat oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C.
• Step 2 Generously grease Ninja Foodi Zerostick Medium 20cm square tin.
• Step 4 In a large bowl, sift flour, baking powder and ginger together. Add cooled butter mixture, vanilla bean paste, eggs and milk and mix together until evenly combined.
• Step 5 Transfer cake mixture into greased square tin. Gently tap tin on countertop to make batter level.
• Step 6 Place tin in oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Step 7 Cooking is complete when the loaf is firm to touch and when a cocktail stick inserted in middle of loaf comes out clean.
• Step 8 Allow the loaf to cool in square tin for 10 minutes and before transferring the loaf to a wire rack to completely cool.
• Step 9 Once cooled, cut into squares to serve.