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Gingerbread

Gingerbread: a sourced precooked recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: cj from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GingerbreadCake.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Gingerbread

Photo: cj from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Serves: 10
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •110 g (4 oz ) butter
  • •110 g (4 oz) brown sugar
  • •220 g (8 oz) golden syrup
  • •220 g (8 oz) all-purpose flour
  • •5 ml (1 level teaspoon ) baking powder
  • •5 ml (1 level teaspoon) mixed spice
  • •10 ml (2 level teaspoon) ground ginger
  • •2 eggs
  • •120 ml (4 fluid oz ) milk

Instructions

  1. 1Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan . Heat gently until the butter melts.
  2. 2Place the dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour the melted butter mixture into the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
  3. 3Warm the milk in a saucepan (so it will dissolve the syrup).
  4. 4Add the milk to the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
  5. 5Beat the eggs, and then stir them in to the mixture.
  6. 6Pour the mixture into an 8- inch (20 cm ) greased square cake tin .
  7. 7Bake at 170°C (325°F) for 1 hour.
  8. 8Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove.
  9. 9Leave at least 1 day before cutting into squares. Serve.

Camp tips

  • • To make parkin, replace half of the flour by weight with 110 g (4 oz) coarse oat flour.
  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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