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Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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Originally Posted by greannmhar
Mixed spice is sold here as a mix - would that be Allspice with you? I imagine it contains the usual cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, so you could use whatever proportions/spices you particularly liked.
The oven temp at 320 is about right - my oven is a fan oven, so if you're using an ordinary one it might need to be a tad higher.
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Greetings, Babs.
Over here in North America, the closest commonly available mixed spice thing is known as either Gingerbread or Pumpkin Pie Spice... though those of us with Dutch heritage ![Devil](/images/smilies/brr.gif) might know it as Speculaas Spice. ![Wink](/images/smilies/wink.gif)
"Allspice" is actually a single spice, despite the name, mildly reminiscent of cloves and nutmeg together but with a nice tang all its own, from Jamaica.
Lovely stuff, I mix it up into my own personal all-purpose mixed "gingerbread/pumpkin pie" spice blend, consisting of Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg (or Mace), Cloves. Yummy.
Also, I think the "fan ovens" are known over here as convection ovens, we usually need to set those to a slightly lower temperature on the dial than a standard oven (like my gas oven), so I'd try the recipe at 300F or thereabouts...
Nice sounding recipe, by the way! I must add it to my list of good stuff to be trying...
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