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Buttermilk Cake

Cellan, Ceredigion

Buttermilk Cake

It was possible to prepare this cake when eggs were in short supply.

Cellan, Cardiganshire.

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The Recipe

You will need

  • one pound flour
  • half a pound butter
  • half a pound currants
  • half a pound sultanas
  • two ounces candied peel
  • half a pound brown sugar
  • half a pint buttermilk
  • a little baking powder or bicarbonate of soda
  • a little spice, optional

 

 

 

Method

  1. Rub the butter into the flour and work in all the other dry ingredients. 
  2. Gradually add the buttermilk to give a fairly stiff mixture.
  3. Line a cake tin with greaseproof paper, put the mixture into it and bake in a moderately hot oven for an hour and a half or two hours.
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