This is a recipe I've had for years and never got around to trying until today. It's simple to make and very tasty.
Biscuit base
340g/12oz plain flour
115g/4oz soft brown sugar
170g/7oz marg or butter melted
Mix the flour and sugar in a bowl, pour in the melted butter/marg and mix well. Press into a swiss roll tin, lined with parchment, or well greased. Bake at 180*C for 20 -25 minutes. Leave in tin to cool.
Meantime make the icing.
Icing
170g/6oz soft brown sugar
85g/3oz marg or butter
1 tsp ground ginger or cinnamon.
Heat butter/marg, sugar and spice gently, stirring continuously until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and cook without stirring. The recipe states boil until the mixture leaves the side of the pan, but after about a minute I gave up and took the pot off the heat. Beat until it thickens. Pour over base and cool in tin.
I would call the topping more a toffee than an icing. I used ginger and likes the mix of sweetness and spice.
