Northumberland Bacon Cake

• 1lb plain flour
• 8oz lard
• 1 teaspoon

Put the flour into a bowl and rub in the lard until the mixture is like fine breadcrumbs. Add the baking powder and mix well, and then add enough cold water to make a firm pastry. Roll the pastry out into a circle. Cut the bacon into thin slices and cover half the pastry completely. Fold over the other half of the pastry and roll it gently to exclude all air. Prick the pastry all over with a fo