Ingredients

Method

• 375 g butter, softened
• 6 free-range eggs
• 675 g self-raising flour
• 1 t ground ginger
• 1 t mixed spice
• 495 g brown sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 T vanilla extract
• Woolworths fondant icing, to decorate
• Icing sugar, for dusting
• Woolworths shimmer gold stars, to decorate
• Honey, warmed, for drizzling

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 165°C. Cream the butter and eggs until pale and fluffy. Place the flour, ginger, mixed spice, sugar, milk and vanilla extract in an electric mixer and beat for 8 minutes until pale and smooth.

2. Spread in an even layer in a 35 x 25 x 5 cm baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.

3. Cut stars from the fondant icing using a cookie cutter and use to decorate the cake. Dust with the icing sugar and gold stars and drizzle with the honey.

Cook's note: “Trust me, just bake it! You’ll be the star of the season" - Hannah Lewry.

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