Recipe ingredients and directions:
GINGER CAKE (SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA)
2 cups sifted flour
6 Tablespoons sugar
3 Teaspoons ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoons ground red pepper
6 Tablespoon butter or margarine.
4 tablespoon water or milk
Sift the dry ingredient together into a bowl (flour, sugar, ginger,
salt, ground pepper).
Rub in the fat thoroughly. Add the liquid and mix to a firm dough.
Roll out on a floured board about 3/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds.
Bake on a greased cookie sheet for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
(ABOUT 20 pieces).
Category: African Recipes