FOOD – Ginger spiced pudding

In honour of the new series of The British Bake off starting tomorrow night at 8pm BBC2 (we can’t wait!!), I had to choose a fab recipe from the main lady herself, Mary Berry, this is one of her favourites, Ginger Spiced Pudding -

• 50g butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
• 100g light muscovado sugar
• plus extra for dusting
• 100g plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 75g black treacle
• 125ml milk

SERVES 6

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.and generously butter a 1kg loaf tin and dust with light muscovado sugar.
2. Measure all the dry ingredients, except for the sugar, into a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix the sugar, egg, treacle, milk and melted butter together and beat until smooth.
3. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and beat hard for a minute until smooth. Pour into the loaf tin (it will only part-fill the tin).
4. Bake in the preheated oven for about.
5. 35 minutes until dark in colour, shrinking away from the sides of the tin and springy to the touch. Cover loosely with foil if getting too dark.
6. Arrange slices of mango on a plate and sit a slice of ginger pudding on top. Serve warm with warm toffee sauce.