Ingredients

2 cups plain flour

1 cup caster sugar

125 gm crystallized ginger

200 gm salted butter

1 egg

30 gm blanched almonds

Method

1. Sift flour, add sugar and chopped ginger.

2. Mix in melted butter and egg.

3. Press mixture into slice tray.

4. Draw small squares on surface and place a blanched almond in each square.

5. Bake in a moderate oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes, recut squares.

6. Cool in tin, then cut into small squares.

Base – ingredients

125 gm salted butter

70 gm white sugar

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 cup SR flour

Base – method

1. Melt butter in saucepan.

2. Pour melted butter over sugar.

3. Mix in sifted flour and ginger.

4. Spread mixture over a slice tray.

4. Bake until light brown, moderate oven, about 10 minutes.

Topping – ingredients

70 gm butter

1 teaspoon ground ginger

2 dessertspoons Golden Syrup

1 cup pure icing sugar, sifted

Topping – method

1. Put all ingredients into a saucepan.

2. Heat gently adding more icing sugar as necessary to form a velvety icing.

3. Pour mixture over base while still warm and spreads over the whole base.