Tipsy Cake

Name: Tipsy Cake
Yield: Serves 10–12 (use a cake mould which holds 1.25–1.5 litres/2–3 pints)
Ingredients: 160 g/6 oz caster sugar; 120 g/4 oz flour; 25 g/1 oz caster sugar; Optional: whipped cream, jam, candied fruits, ratafia biscuits; 75 ml/2½ fl oz white wine; 300 ml/½ pint full-fat milk; The finely grated zest of 1 small lemon; Butter, plus a little flour and sugar, for lining the mould; 150 ml/5 fl oz brandy (you could also use just brandy, or switch the wine and brandy for port, ginger wine, sherry, etc.); 4 eggs; Optional (but wise): 1 heaped tbsp cornflour; 3 egg yolks and 1 white; 1 tsp lemon juice; Blanched almonds; Orange flower water, to taste (you can also use vanilla)

Preparation info

Serves
10–12
(use a cake mould which holds 1.25–1.5 litres 2–3 pints )

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

At Christmas We Feast

By Annie Gray

Published 2021

About

Eliza Acton, 1845, Modern Cookery⁶⁸

As a confirmed trifle-hater, I briefly considered putting a nice, savoury trifle in here, based on lobster in a fried bread cup. But honesty compels me to admit it is more of a croustade, and a cheat’s way out. If soggy, booze-imbibed cake is your thing, here is the ultimate in the g

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