English Cake
Ingredients (for 10 people):
- 280 g to 300 g of sugar
-1 packet of vanilla sugar
- 450 g of flour
6 eggs
-1 packet of yeast
-350 g of butter
-2 candied fruit jars
-125 g almonds
- 1 glass with rum liqueur
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nutmeg
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
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zests of 1/2 lemon, not put no longer ......
Quantities for 2 cake molds of 25 cm or for 1 mussel pan
Wash the raisins, cut the ones that are too big.
Make them macerate in a little bit water and rum and rehydrate (microwave)
Cut fruit peels
Work butter to make it creamy , add sugars to the ribbon.
Add the eggs 1 to 1 mix well with the mixer, if it "slice" it does not matter.
Add the rum stir quickly then the flour and the yeast and the grapes drained , fruits, EXCEPT cherries and almonds, 2 pinches of nutmeg, cinnamon, lemon peel.
You need 2 cake molds.
Butter and flour, or wrap molds with baking paper
Pour half of the dough, place a tight line of cherries in the middle, put the rest dough
Arrange the whole almonds online also
Spread the mixture in 2 cake molds, or put the all of the preparation in a baking pan and bake in a slow oven, 150 ° C (thermostat 5) for 1 hour for the cake molds and 2 hours for the baking tin.
Check the cooking with a skewer rod
It is interesting to make 2 at the same time, it s e keep for a long time and improve with time, we can also freeze them.
Comments:
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We can reduce the amount of grapes, we can vary the candied fruit, very rich cake, a slice is your happiness, it is preserved so well, wrapped in parchment paper.
Wine advice:
wine advice:
wine, but especially tea