Coffee and ginger gems

Think of coffee as more than a shot of caffeine and use it as an ingredient in baking, desserts and cocktails.

Ingredients

70 g	Unsalted butter
¼ cup	Caster sugar
1	Egg
2 Tbsp	Golden syrup
1 cup	Flour
1 Tbsp	Ground ginger (Main)
1 pinch	Salt
¼ cup	Milk
½ cup	Coffee, strong (Main)
1 tsp	Baking soda

Directions

1. Heat gem iron in oven at 200C. Cream butter with caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat egg into mixture, then fold in golden syrup.
2. Sift in flour, ground ginger and a pinch of salt and fold through.
3. Heat milk with strong coffee. Whisk in baking soda then fold quickly into creamed mixture.
4. Add pinches of butter to the hot gem iron and spoon the mixture evenly into the sizzling butter. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden and well risen.

More of Warren’s coffee recipes

• Coffee creme brulee
• Tiramisu
• Coffee aperitif