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Honey and Ginger Cake

Llanwenog, Ceredigion

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

You will need

  • four cupfuls plain flour
  • two large teaspoonfuls baking powder
  • two large teaspoonfuls ground ginger
  • half a cupful sultanas
  • half a cupful cherries (halved)
  • a little candied peel
  • four ounces butter
  • two eggs
  • three-quarter cupful honey
  • a little salt
  • a little milk

Method

  1. Sift the flour, the baking powder, salt and ginger into a bowl and add the dried fruit, candied peel and cherries. 
  2. Melt the butter over a low heat and dissolve the honey into it with a little milk. 
  3. Leave to cool and then pour, together with the beaten eggs, into the dry mixture. 
  4. Mix thoroughly.
  5. Put in a greased cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven. 
  6. Store for a fortnight before cutting.

Llanwenog, Cardiganshire.

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