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Cooking ingredients

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

150g/5½oz soft dark brown sugar

75g/2¾oz dark or light soft brown sugar

½ tsp ground cinnamon

100²µ/3½´Ç³ú pitted dates, ideally Sayer

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tbsp pistachio nuts, roughly chopped, to decorate

½ tsp flaked sea salt

100²µ/3½´Ç³ú self-raising flour

2 cubes stem ginger in syrup, drained

3 tbsp stem ginger syrup (from the jar)

1 tbsp black treacle

1 tbsp black treacle