Pear Gingerbread

1 cup flour
1 cup S R flour
1 tbs ground ginger
½ tsp bicarb
½ cup (165g) golden syrup
3oz butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
¼ pint (140ml) milk
5oz pear halves

Sift dry ingrediants. Combine butter, brown sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan, heating until dissolved. Add to dry ingrediants then add egg and milk.

Spread base of 9 inch square slab tin with 1 tbs golden syrup. Arrange pears, then pour mixture over.

Moderately slow oven 50-55 minutes