Ginger Cake (sierra Leone, West Africa)
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine.
- 4 tablespoons water or milk
Instructions
Sift the dry ingredient together into a bowl (flour, sugar, ginger, salt, ground pepper). Rub in the fat thoroughly. Add the liquid and mix to a firm dough. Roll out on a floured board about 3/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. (ABOUT 20 pieces).
