Spice Cake Recipes

Ingredients :

185 g

185 ml

155 g

45 g

250 ml

2

125 g

125 g

1 tsp

1 tsp

1 tsp

4 tsp

2

sultanas

boiling water

dark brown sugar

butter

buttermilk

eggs yolks

wholemeal flour

white flour

bicarbonate of soda

ground ginger

ground cinnamon

ground cloves

egg whites, stiffly beaten

icing sugar (optional)

1. Soak sultanas in the boiling water.
2. Cream the sugar and butter together.
3. Add the buttermilk and egg yolks to the mixture and beat well.
4. Sift the flours and spices.
5. Drain the sultanas, dry and coat with flour.
6. Add the flour mixture and sultanas to the moist ingredients and stir well until all the ingredients are well blended.
7. Fold in the egg whites and pour the mixture into a well greased 20cm x 20 cm (8") cake tin.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 30 minutes.
9. Dust with icing sugar when cool, if liked.

Spice cake keeps well for several weeks in a cake tin.

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