Tarawera Cake and Mock Almond Paste
Dear Aunt Daisy, As I believe I am responsible for christening the cake "Tarawera" because it was given me by the post mistress there, I meant to send the recipe when you asked for it a week or two ago. Busy times have prevented, but as nobody else seems to be doing so, I feel I must send it, even so belatedly. It is an excellent recipe, and I use it also for puddings, rock-cakes and patty-cakes, with equal success. Here it is:-One pound of butter; 2 Ibs. flour; 1 Ib. sugar; 2 Ib. seeded raisins; 1 lb. seedless raisins; 4% Ib. almonds; 14 |b. mixed peel; 1% Ib. cherties if liked; 1 tablespoon of soda; 1
tablespoon essence of lemon; 1 teaspoon essence of almond; 4 eggs and 1 pint hot milk. A tablespoon of spirit (rum for preference) improves. Rub the soda into the flour, then rub in the butter. Add the’ sugar and fruit, and leave all night if possible. Then boil the milk, pour on to the well-beaten eggs, and essence, mix all into a very moist dough, and bake in a moderate oven for 34% to 4 hours. Personally, I always think it better to get it baked by my baker, who does it perfectly for 9d. I use a large square tin, and when it is quite ready for cutting, divide the cake into quarters, wrap each in greaseproof paper, and open only one at a time. This is a good method with all large cakes really, even for Christmas. I find icing the smaller pieces saves a lot of waste, and as the cake keeps for
months, it is worth saving. I made very nice almond icing without any almonds, except apricot kernels, this year; 2 oz. of apricot kernels to 8 oz. walnuts, minced finely with 8 oz. wine biscuits, then moistened with 2 eggs and a few drops of almond essence, and rose water, and icing sugar to make just firm enough to roll.-Mrs. H.M.C, (Thames Coast).
IT am very much obliged indeed for this excellent recipe; and especially for the Mock Almond Paste. Almonds are difficult to get now, and we have been hunting up recipes for the "Mock" kind of paste; but your’s is quite new and very ingenious. The apricot kernels are a real inspiration.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 46
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393Tarawera Cake and Mock Almond Paste New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 46
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