我的一位英國老師家傳的乾果蛋糕食譜喔。
有一次老師心血來潮說要下廚用媽媽家傳的食譜做蛋糕請我們學生吃,吃了之後贊不絕口的窮留學生在感動之於就跟老師凹了這份出自英國老奶奶手藝的home made食譜啦,類似的做法也有人稱這種蛋糕叫做Patagonia Black Cake或Welsh Country Cakes,不知道是不是翻做威爾斯鄉村蛋糕。總之很好吃,大家可以試試看。我最近實在忙到不行,沒時間下廚,所以還沒時間try,只能放個大略的樣子讓大家參考。總之很好吃!
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Mother’s Fruit Cake
3-4 eggs (200g)
same weight of butter (200g)
same weight of dark brown sugar (200g)
300g brown flour
300g dried fruit (e.g. raisins, sultanas, and others if available) 1
tsp mixed spice
2 tsp baking powder (or use self raising flour) Mix butter with sugar
(let butter warm up a bit first) Mix in eggs
When smooth, add in flour and baking powder
Add dried fruit and mix
Bake in very low oven (130 degrees on mine, with fan) for 4 hours
---or another similar recipe:
Patagonia Black Cake
Cacen de Patagonia
275g butter
275g dark brown sugar
4 eggs
450g plain flour
1 tsp cinnamon and mixed spice
125g each of raisins, currants, sultanas, chopped almonds
225g mixed peel
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda mixed into 1 tbsp vinegar and 1 tbsp water
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp almond essence
small glass of rum
Grease and line 8 inch cake tin
Cream butter and sugar
Add lightly whisked eggs bit by bit, and beat well
Fold in flour and spices, fruit and nuts
Pour in liquid raising agent, add baking powder and almond essence
Mix thoroughly
Stir in rum
Bake on middle shelf at gas mark 3, 170º C for 3-3½ hours. ---
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