Pirate's Gingerbread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter (can use low-fat, the original recipe does but it tastes better with butter) or 1/4 cup margarine (can use low-fat, the original recipe does but it tastes better with butter)
• 2 tablespoons marmalade
• 1/2 cup golden syrup
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons rum (i like morgan's spiced)
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 3/4 cup wholewheat flour
• 3/4 cup self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 cup porridge oats
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 put the butter, marmalade, syrup, molasses, sugar and rum in a large saucepan and heat until bubbling, stirring well. simmer gently until sugar has dissolved, then remove from the heat and stir in the milk.
• 2 preheat the oven to 300 degrees. spray a 7 inch square baking tin with low fat cooking spray and line with non-stick parchment paper.
• 3 put dry ingredients in a large bowl and stir to mix. one the wet ingredients are cool, all in dry ingredients and egg and beat until smooth (don't overbeat!). pour into prepared tin.
• 4 bake for 1 1/4- 1 1/2 hours until risen and firm (cover loosely with foil if it's browning too much), then cool in tin for 1/2 hour. turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely, then peel off baking paper, wrap in cling film and leave for at least a day to become really sticky. unwrap and enjoy!