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Elevenses Cake

Lampeter, Ceredigion

A cake specially prepared for the mid-morning break in the Lampeter district.

Lampeter, Cardiganshire.

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The Recipe

You will need

  • half a pound plain flour
  • three ounces sugar
  • two ounces butter
  • two ounces lard
  • one egg
  • half a cupful milk
  • half a teaspoonful salt
  • half a teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda

Method

  1. Cream the fat and sugar, add the egg and beat together. 
  2. Gradually add the flour, salt and soda and mix with a little milk to give a fairly soft consistency.  (Some two ounces of currants may be added, if desired.) 
  3. Put the mixture in a greased cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven for approximately one hour.
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