Ginger Gems

Yesterday for our practical we made Ginger gems, it was a pretty hard task and our team got all over the place but we managed to handle it. It was a slow process but we moved as fast as we can to get the Ginger Gem in the oven and getting it ready to bake. First, we had to turn on the oven to fan bake 200 degrees. Then we did the "Mise en place" which means setting all your ingredients on the table ready to cook or bake.

Ginger Gems      (Serves 12)

Ingredients:

150 g Butter

1/2 cup Sugar

2 tsp Ground Ginger

1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon

2 Tbsp Golden syrup

1 Egg

2 cups Standard flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Baking soda

1/2 cup Milk

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degC. Place gem iron in oven to heat.
2. Crem 100g of butter with sugar, ginger and cinnamon.
3. Beat in golden syrup and egg, adding a tablespoon or two of flour to prevent curdling.
4. Sift flour and baking powder
5. Dissolve baking soda in the milk. Mix flour into butter mixture alternately with the milk.
6. Remove gem iron from the oven and put it on a wooden board.
7. Add half of teaspoon of remaining butter to each mould or hollow. It will sizzle.
8. Fill moulds with batter. Bake for about 15 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
9. Cool slightly then remove gems to cool on a wire rack.