Am looking for an old fashioned seed (carraway) cake recipe....it must be one that you have tried so I know that it tastes ok.A recipe I have from Mrs Beeton's cookbook uses 1lb of butter.......so I need to make sure tasty before I use that much butter.I have looked on the internet by the way. Thanks Julie
Seed cake You'll need 125 g butter 1/2 cup caster sugar 3 eggs, lightly beaten 11/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted 3 tsps caraway seeds 2 tblsps milk Icing sugar, to dust
Here's how
1 Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper. 2 Place the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with electric beaters until light and creamy. Add the egg gradually, beating thoroughly after each addition. Using a metal spoon, gently fold in the flour and caraway seeds alternately with the milk. 3 Spoon into the prepared tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre of the cake. Leave in the tin for 20 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar.
Tip: This cake will store well for up to one week in an airtight container, or up to three months in the freezer.
Seed cake is a traditional english cake made to celebrate the end of spring sowing of the crop.
sumstyle,
Oct 2, 2:07am
this is the recipe I use too - I have even adapted it to make three muffins of seed cake as I live by myself - not that I CAN'T devour a whole seed cake on my own, I just would prefer for my dignity's sake not to do so...
bluecalico,
May 2, 4:50am
Thank you all.
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