8 oz Flour
6 oz Caster Sugar
6 oz Butter or Margarine
4 Eggs
4 oz Currants
4 oz Raisins
4 oz Suiltanas
2 oz Candied Peel
1 oz Ground Almonds
1 ts Mixed Spices
1 ts Baking Powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 oz Split Blanched Almonds
: Set oven to 325F/Gas 3. Grease an 8 inch round cake tin and
line with greaseproof paper. Cream the fat and sugar in a bowl. Sift
the flour, salt and spices together. Add the baking powder to the
last of the flour. Stir in the ground almonds. Add the fruit peel.
Gentley Mix. Put into the tin. Arrange the split almonds evenly on
the top of the cake. Bake for about 2 hours. After the first hour, if
the top is browning too quickly cover with greasproof paper. Allow
the cake to cool slightly in the tin before turning on to a wire
rack. The cake will keep for several weeks if wrapped in kitchen
foil. : :: From the booklet Scottish Teatime Recipes ::
Yields
1 Cake