Jamaican Ginger Cake

@HallyMk1 tweeted that he was making Jamaican Ginger #cake earlier today. What a jolly fine idea I thought to myself. And promptly made some too.

For 2 lovely loaves you need:
175 g butter
175 g soft brown sugar
175 g golden syrup
200 ml milk
2 eggs, whisked
325 g self-raising flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

Melt the butter, syrup and sugar together. Mix in the milk and then add the flour, eggs, bicarb and ginger. Turn into lined loaf tins and bake at 150 degrees for about 90 mins. You may need to cover the top of the cake with paper after the first hour. This cake improves with keeping. Assuming you can keep it that is...