Preparation time:
Cooking time: 3/4 hour
Difficulty:
Serves:
Dietary guidance: v
1 1/4 lbs medium oatmeal
3/4 lb flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2lbs treacle
1/2 lb butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 pint milk
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Warm the treacle and butter together and dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the slightly warm milk and mix well together.
Grease a large pudding tin or two small ones and bake in a moderate oven for 3/4 hour or until it is firm to the touch.