British Recipes > A Cake from Cumberland
1 cup sugar
1 cup golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
milk
1 cup currants
2 tablespoons lemon zest grated finely
1 egg
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- Remove from heat.
- Put a little milk into a small jug and dissolve the bicarbonate in it.
- Stir this into the syrup, lard and sugar mix.
- Beat the dry ingredients into the mixture.
- Lastly beat in the egg and a little more milk if the consistency is too dry.
- Bake in a deep cake tin for about 2 hours in a moderate oven.
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How to make a cake from Cumberland:
An example of a spiced, regional fruit cake which uses lard as the fat. This probably dates from a time when lard more readily available than butter.
Ingredients
1 cup lard1 cup sugar
1 cup golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
milk
1 cup currants
2 tablespoons lemon zest grated finely
1 egg
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Put the syrup, lard and sugar into a saucepan and melt over a low heat.- Remove from heat.
- Put a little milk into a small jug and dissolve the bicarbonate in it.
- Stir this into the syrup, lard and sugar mix.
- Beat the dry ingredients into the mixture.
- Lastly beat in the egg and a little more milk if the consistency is too dry.
- Bake in a deep cake tin for about 2 hours in a moderate oven.
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