Lancashire Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Pastry
    1 lb lard
    7 cups flour
    3 tablespoons sugar
    3 teaspoons baking powder
    1 egg
    1 tablespoon vinegar
    1 cup water (approx)
    Filling
    2 cups raisins
    1 cup brown sugar
    1/2 cup butter (about 1/4 cup per rectangle)
    2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preparation
    For short pastry, mix dry ingredients together.
    Cut in lard and work until very fine (like pea-meal) Make a well in the centre. Add about a teaspoon of salt.
    Beat egg and vinegar in measuring cup.
    Fill to one cup mark with cold water.
    Mix with dry ingredients.
    Add more water if required.
    Knead lightly on a floured board til smooth.
    Divide into two balls of pastry.
    Roll each into rectangles on a floured board (about 1/4 inch thick).
    Butter one half.
    Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
    Add raisins leaving a rim around the edge of the half rectangle.
    Brush edges with water.
    Fold over other half of unbuttered pastry.
    Seal edges of pastry.
    Place on a flat greased cookie sheet. Roll slightly with rolling pin until the raisins appear opaque through the pastry.
    Brush with egg-wash and sprinkle top with sugar.
    Repeat with the other ball of dough.
    Bake 350F for approx 25-30 mins until golden brown.
    Cut in squares.
    Store in tightly covered container. Freezes well.

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