Cornish Fairings

• 1lb plain flour
• 8oz demerara sugar
• 5oz

Rub the butter and lard into the flour. Mix the spices, sugar and ammonia. Put the syrup into a bowl. Bring the soda to the boil in two tablespoons water in a saucepan and add this to the syrup. Do the same with the tartaric acid until it froths and then mix all the ingredients into the flour, together with the lemon peel cut very finely. Mix to a soft paste and roll out into one-inch thick str