Date Gingerbread Muffins

These are lovely moist muffins using spicy ground ginger with added sweetness from dates.

Ingredients make 8

100g golden syrup

50 g melted butter

1 egg

125 g buttermilk

115 g brown sugar

275 g self raising flour

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp mixed spice

125 g finely chopped dates

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Mix golden syrup, butter, sugar, buttermilk and eggs in a bowl with a whisk until combined. Blend together flour, ground ginger and mixed spice. Mix together the two mixtures and blend in the dates. Scope or pipe mixture into a paper cup filled muffin tray. Bake for approx. 25 minutes.

Note: A paper cup is not needed if you use silicon moulds.