Si and Dave’s gingerbread and black cherry trifle recipe on The Hairy Bikers Go West

Simon King and Dave Myers served up a delicious gingerbread and black cherry trifle on The Hairy Bikers Go West.

The ingredients for the gingerbread are: 150g plain flour, 1 tbsp ground ginger, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, pinch salt, 100g golden syrup, 100g black treacle, 60g soft dark brown sugar, 75g butter, 125ml milk and 1 free-range egg, beaten.

For the honeycomb: butter, for greasing, 200g caster sugar, 5 tbsp golden syrup and 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda.

For the trifle: 250g pitted sweet cherries (fresh or frozen), 2 tbsp caster sugar, 3 tbsp sweet sherry, 2–3 tbsp black cherry jam, 100g amaretti biscuits, 500ml custard, 250ml double cream and 3–4 pieces stem ginger, very finely sliced.




See recipes by The Bikers in their book titled: The Hairy Bikers’ Ultimate Comfort Food available from Amazon now.

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