Ginger Kisses

To say Ginger Kisses were a favourite in my family growing up would probably be an understatement! I don’t have them all that much these days, a few times a year maybe, the other day I had a hankering for some so thought I’d give it making them a go. I’d never had a home made one before, I was pretty happy with my first attempt and will definitely make them again as Shane demolished them and has already asked for a repeat.

Ingredients:
Kisses (cakes)
1 cup self raising flour
¼ cup cornflour
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon ground ginger
125 grams butter, softened
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon golden syrup

Mock Cream
50 grams butter, softened
½ cup icing sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
4-5 tablespoons boiling water

Method:
Pre-heat your oven to 180C and line two baking trays with wax baking paper.
Sift flour, cornflour and ginger and set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Add eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition. Once the second egg has combined with the butter mixture add the golden syrup and mix again.
Fold in your dry ingredients, be careful not to over fold you want your wet and dry ingredients to be just combined.
Drop tablespoonfuls of mix onto your lined baking trays.
Bake in your pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes or until your kisses are golden and firm to the touch.
Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Once your kisses are cooled make your mock cream. To do this you will need to beat butter and sugar in a bowl until it is very light, add vanilla then boiling water, gradually. Beat for 2-3 minutes or until you have a mixture you are happy will spread nicely onto your kisses.
Join kisses together using mock cream, you can either spoon some into the middle of one kiss and then press the two together so it spreads a little or pipe it on like I did (this ensures a nice even distribution), using a small star tip.