Cornish Recipes > A Cake from Penzance
2 cups currants
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
3 tablespoons peel
8 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup of warm milk
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- Cream the butter into the flour.
- Mix in the dry ingredients with the butter and flour.
- Beat the eggs and mix into the flour and butter using a wooden spoon.
- Add the milk mixture.
- Beat well.
- Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours in a slow oven.
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How to make a cake from Penzance:
This is a traditional spicy cake from Penzance which is on the south western tip of Cornwall, a few miles from Land's End.Ingredients
4 cups flour2 cups currants
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
3 tablespoons peel
8 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup of warm milk
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Dissolve the baking powder in the milk.- Cream the butter into the flour.
- Mix in the dry ingredients with the butter and flour.
- Beat the eggs and mix into the flour and butter using a wooden spoon.
- Add the milk mixture.
- Beat well.
- Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours in a slow oven.
If you have a question or comment relevant to this page, then please post it below.
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wheres the saffron??? I guess we swap out the cinnamon...
Do you want a reciepe for a nice cornish bun we call "heavey cake"
regards to you all the Cornish gent in Hampshire.....UK.....