Gingerbread crumble cake bars
This cake has a wonderful combination of flavours and textures. There are two layers, a dense bottom layer and a crumbly top layer. It's deliciously moreish. Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients
Makes: 9 - 12
- 200g caster sugar
- 115g margarine
- 250g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons black treacle
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 225g buttermilk
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:50min
- Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5.
- Mix sugar, margarine, flour, spices and salt as for dough. Divide dough in half and set aside.
- Add remaining ingredients to half of the dough. Place in a greased 23cm square tin.
- Sprinkle the other half of the dough over mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool in tin and then cut into bars.
Similar recipes
Recently viewed
Reviews & ratings
Average global rating:
(10)
Reviews in English (8)
I've just searched over an hour to refind this terrific recipe. It's livened up a lot of coffee hours, and is VERY easy to put together at the last minute. My daughter loves helping stir and crumble the top. An excellent, delicious cake-bar! - 05 Jul 2001 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This is a nice, moist cake bar. Only change I made: used butter instead of shortening. Next time I make this I would add a 1/2 tsp more ginger and a bit more cinnamon--I like my gingerbread with a very pronounced flavor. I did not find the topping too dry - 14 Sep 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
There is way too much dry topping on this. Good flavor, but I'll probably not make it again. - 01 Dec 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)