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Treacle Cake

Bardsey Island, Gwynedd

Loaf cake, the rich, yeast fruit cake baked for Christmas in the counties of south Wales.

Another name given to this particular cake on BardseyIsland was tamad (lit. piece), and it was eaten quite regularly for afternoon tea there.

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The Recipe

You will need

  • half a pound plain flour
  • two and a half ounces butter
  • four ounces mixed fruit
  • one tablespoonful black treacle
  • two tablespoonfuls sugar
  • a little mixed spice
  • milk or buttermilk

Method

  1. Rub the butter into the flour, work in the other dry ingredients and gradually add the milk (or buttermilk) together with the treacle to give a fairly stiff mixture.
  2. Put the mixture on a greased enamel (or oven-proof) plate and bake in a moderately hot oven for approximately one hour.
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