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Lardy Cake
Ton Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taf
A popular cake, made regularly on bread-baking day in parts of Glamorgan.
The Recipe
You will need
- one pound freshly made dough
- eight ounces lard
- four ounces currants
- two ounces candied peel
- two ounces sugar
Method
- Put the dough on a well-floured board and roll out into an oblong shape to a thickness of about one inch.
- Divide the other ingredients into four equal parts and work into the dough in the following way: spread two ounces of lard evenly on the dough and cover with an ounce of currants and half an ounce of peel.
- Sprinkle with half an ounce of sugar and a little flour and then fold the dough in two, covering the fat, fruit, etc.
- Roll out again to its original oblong shape, spread on it the proportion of lard, fruit etc and fold.
- Repeat this process twice again, handling the dough as lightly as possible.
- Then put the dough on a shallow tin or tray and bake in a fairly hot oven for approximately one hour.
- Cut into small squares, spread with butter and serve hot or cold, as desired.
Ton Pentre, Glamorgan.
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