Cornish Recipes > Sweet Potato Cake
4 medium sized cold boiled potatoes
1 cup grated suet
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon candied peel
pinch salt
4 tablespoons currants
milk or buttermilk
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Roll into an oblong and place on a greased baking tray.
- Mark lightly into squares and bake in a hot oven until golden brown.
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How to make sweet potato cake:
A really good way of using up potatoes.Ingredients
4 cups plain flour4 medium sized cold boiled potatoes
1 cup grated suet
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon candied peel
pinch salt
4 tablespoons currants
milk or buttermilk
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together with enough milk or buttermilk to form a stiff dough.- Roll into an oblong and place on a greased baking tray.
- Mark lightly into squares and bake in a hot oven until golden brown.
If you have a question or comment relevant to this page, then please post it below.
As a true Cornish Lass sadly living away from Cornwall I am so pleased to find this recipe. My mother used to make this when I was a child and I have been searching for a copy.....Can't wait to try it.
#0 - Helen Bacon - 12/16/2007 - 13:16
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