Old English Simnel Cake

Radio Record, 11 March 1938, Page 34

Old English Simnel Cake

|T seems early to be thinking of Easter-but as this cake must not be used until six weeks after making-and is a traditional Easter cake-there would be just time to make it. Take 30z. butter, 30z. sugar, 2 eggs, 6oz. flour, 4b. sultanas, $lb. currants, 20z. candied peel, 1 teae spoon spice, a little nutmeg, 1 dessertspoon milk, + teaspoon baking powder, pinch of salt. Almond Mixture No. 1: 2oz. ground almonds, 20z. castor sugar, 1 yolk of egg. Mix well, roll out and form into round the size of the cake tin, Almond Mixture No. 2: 2o0z. ground almonds, 20z. castor sugar 1 white of egg. Method as for mixture No. 1. Method for cake: Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten eggsthen all other ingredients, baking powder last. Prepare coke tinlined with paper. Put in 3 parts of the cake mixture-then almond mixture No. 1. Cover with rest of cake mixture. Bake in moderate oven for 1 hour. When nearly cooked put on almond mixture No. 2. and bake till light brown. This cake must on no account be cut before it is 6 weeks old. For Easter decorate with a chicken and

nest of small easter eggs.-

-Mis.

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(Otahuhu).