Rich Seed Cake with Caraway and Cinnamon

Name: Rich Seed Cake with Caraway and Cinnamon
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (22-cm) cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1⅔ cups (330 g) sugar; 3½ cups (450 g) flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 6 tablespoons (45 g) caraway seeds; 5 eggs; 4 egg yolks; 2 cups (450 g) butter, more for the pan; 1½ tablespoons rose water or orange-flower water

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookbook Library

By Anne Willan

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

3½ cups (450 g) flour
1⅔ cups (330 g<

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
London

Method

Heat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Butter the springform pan. Sift together the flour and sugar into a medium bowl, and stir in the caraway seeds. Separate the whole eggs, putting all the yolks together and straining the whites into a small bowl to remove the threads.

To Make the Batter

Cream the butter either by hand or with an electric mixer fitted w