Love Cake
Made with a few simple ingredients a love cake would be made when a girl was courting. It would show her suitor that she could cook and therefore be able to look after him when they tied the knot.
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz self-raising flour
- 1 tsp cornflour
- ½ tsp salt
- 15g/½oz lard
- 15g/½oz butter
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 175ml/6fl oz milk, plus extra for glazing
- 2-3 tbsp strawberry jam
Preparation method
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6
- Mix together the flour, cornflour and salt. Using your fingertips rub in the lard and butter until the mixture has the texture of breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar then gradually add the milk until a soft dough is formed. You may not need to use all the milk.
- Lightly knead the dough on a floured surface until a smooth dough is formed (this won’t take long).
- Roll out the dough to a rectangle measuring 50x20cm/20x8in. Spread the jam over the dough.
- Roll the dough from the longest side as if rolling a Swiss roll. Bring the ends together and stick them together using a little milk. Shape the ring into a heart shape.
- Make small incisions over the surface of the heart shape. Brush the top with milk.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden-brown and the base is cooked through.
I found this receipe from http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/love_cake_99793
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