Lardy cake

Name: Lardy cake
Yield: Makes 16 pieces
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon rosewater; 115 g / 4 oz / ½ cup caster sugar; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 teaspoons salt; 225 g / 8 oz / 1 cup lard, chilled; 115 g / 4 oz / 1 cup mixed raisins and sultanas; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups warm water; 1 tablespoon dried yeast; 450 g / 1 lb / 4 cups strong white flour

Preparation info

Makes
16 pieces

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

This is a very traditional English farmhouse cake, from that middle belt of England where pigs have always been reared, hence the lard. Despite what you might think, lard is the perfect fat for producing light and airy baked goods.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon caster sugar
300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼

Cake

Method

Make a plain dough by mixing the sugar and water and sprinkling the yeast on top. When it has begun to froth, mix it with the flour and salt and 25 g/1 oz/2