Sierra Leonean Ginger Biscuits (Ginger Cake)

You all know I started this blog to make Sierra Leonean recipes great again hahahahaha, lets not go there.  Sierra Leonean recipes never lost their greatness however people were not sharing them online so the world would have an insight into our cuisine.  

Today, I am bringing you the most popular after school snack in Sierra Leone, the ginger cake.  As you can see from the photos they are biscuits but we seem to call everything with sugar and flour in them cakes 🙈🙈🙈.  Street hawkers would pass by the bus stops carrying trays of freshly baked ginger cakes while we waited for our buses home or some days we would spend our bus fare on the biscuits and pile (walk) home nibbling on sweet ginger cake.    These are very easy to make as with most of my recipes.

Preheat oven to 180c fan forced

Ingredients: 

100 gms room temperature butter (this is optional. I like mine a bit soft)

4 cups plain flour

2 cups grated fresh ginger

11/2 cups caster suger

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon baking powder

 In a large bowl, add flour and baking powder

 then cayenne

 sugar

 ginger then mix to combine

the add butter

 rub in the butter

 then empty onto a clean kitchen bench

 and knead for 10 minutes

 till the dough is well kneaded.  It will look like this.  Cover with a clean towel and let it rest for 10 minutes.

 then cut the dough into two and roll out 

 cut into rounds or whatever shape you like

 the assemble onto baking trays and bake for 20 minutes

 Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes

Enjoy.