Oaty plum gingerbread slice
Ingredients
- Step 1 140g unsalted butter , plus extra for greasing
- Step 2 100g dark soft brown sugar
- Step 3 100g golden syrup
- Step 4 6 small plums (about 250g prepared weight)
- Step 5 140g plain flour
- Step 6 1 tsp baking powder
- Step 7 1 tbsp ground ginger
- Step 8 1 heaped tbsp chopped stem ginger
- Step 9 85g porridge oat (not jumbo)
- Step 10 2 large eggs , beaten, at room temperature
- Step 11 25g plain flour
- Step 12 25g porridge oat
- Step 13 2 heaped tsp chopped ginger

Calories: 248
Carbohydrate: 33 g
Protein: 4 g
Fat: 11 g
Cook time: 50 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 70 minutes
Servings: 12
TAGS
Dessert
British
Autumn
comfort food
Ginger cake
Ginger loaf
Jane Hornby
Plum cake
Traybake
Directions
- Step 1 Grease a 17 x 23cm cake tin and line with parchment. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a large pan. While you wait, stone and quarter the plums.
- Step 2 When the pan ingredients are smooth, stir in the flour, baking powder, ¼ tsp salt, the gingers, oats and eggs, then beat until even. Pour all but about 2 tbsp of the batter into the prepared tin, then scatter the batter with the plums.
- Step 3 For the topping, work the extra flour and oats into the reserved 2 tbsp of batter to make a flapjack-like dough. Crumble this over the tin and scatter with the chopped ginger. Bake for 30 mins or until golden and risen, then cool completely in the tin. Cut into squares.