Scary Bakes – Golden Spoon Winner

Morning everyone

Just before the scary costumes have been put away for another year, we wanted to announce your victorious Golden Spoon Winner!

It was @GeeVuitton who ran away with baking’s most coveted accolade this week, with this beauty:

@GeeVuitton Haunted Gingerbread House

And she’s been kind enough to share her recipe with us!

Thank you for choosing me a s a golden spoon winner, I was very shocked!  The recipe is from the Lakeland Fairytale Cottage Mould.

Ingredients

180g butter

125g brown sugar

300g golden syrup or treacle or a bit of both

500g plain flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Extra flour for rolling

Method

1) Preheat oven to 170^C.

2) Melt butter in a large pan over a low heat then add the sugar and syrup, remove from the heat and stir.

3) Add the dry ingredients and mix until blended into a thick dough.

4) Tip the dough out onto a floured board, knead with flour, then tear off pieces of dough and press into the Mould.

5) Place on a baking tray and bake 25-35minutes or until firm to the touch (the dough will crisp as it cools).

6) Allow to cool completely in the Mould before removing.

7) Make royal icing and assemble together.

8) Decorate however you like Halloween, Christmas or Easter.

This dough is for the Mould and you can’t roll it flat to cut out your own house, I would use a traditional gingerbread recipe for that, I find the hummingbird bakery recipe is a lovely gingerbread.
Massive congratulations on a fantastic bake!

Dominique, Jo, Laura, and Claire x