Soft Ginger Gems 2 oz butter ½ cup sugar 3 tablespns golden syrup 1 egg 1 cup floor 1 teaspn ginger 1 teaspn baking soda ½ cup milk Cream butter and sugar till light then blend golden syrup. Beat the egg and stir in Sift flour ginger and soda into mixture then add milk and stir Put butter in very hot gem irons. Drop in batter Bake at 425 to 450 (hot oven) for 12 minutes on second to bottom rung (Dulcie Mary Purdy 1966)