Ginger Bread Loaf

250 ml brown sugar

15 ml Ginger

5 ml Mixed spice

Pinch of salt

5 ml Baking powder

250 ml oil

250 ml syrup (I realised I didn’t have enough syrup, so used ½ cup syrup, ½ cup prickly pear syrup)

250 ml lukewarm water with 5 ml bicarbonate

3 large eggs beaten with 125 ml water

Preheat oven to 180 oC.  Add all ingredients above in order and mix for 5 min. I used my food processor with the plastic blade.  Grease loaf pans well and dust bottom and sides of pan with flour. My bottoms got stuck, so maybe baking paper at bottom should do the trick.   Pour mix into pans and bake for about 50 minutes. Allow to cool. Cut and serve. 

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Date and Apple Chutney Microwave

Makes 1 liter

  

3 medium onions, finely chopped

125 ml water

1 kg green apples, peeled, cored and diced (weigh AFTER you’ve peeled and cored the apples)

500 g dates, chopped

100 g almonds, chopped (or walnuts)

5 ml salt

10 ml allspice (mixed spice)

5 - 10 ml ground ginger

500 ml white wine vinegar

200 g brown sugar

 

Place onions and water in a large microwave dish. Microwave without a lid on HIGH for 3 minutes. Add apples and microwave on HIGH for 8 minutes. 

 

Add dates, almonds / walnuts, salt, ginger and 250 ml of the vinegar and microwave on HIGH for 6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes. 

 

Add the sugar and remaining vinegar and cook for a further 8 minutes on HIGH, stirring every 2 minutes. Pour into sterilized jars and allow to cool, then seal. Makes 1 liter. 

Recipe adapted from food24 - Photo:  Alma Pretorius