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Traditional homemade English Lardy cake recipe

This easy recipe teaches you how to make the traditional Englisk lardy cake at home. Don't miss it!

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Ingredients

number of servings
10

Dough

  • 450 g white flour Added to
  • 300 ml hot water Added to
  • 1 spoon salt Added to
  • 112 spoon active dried yeast Added to
  • 25 g lard Added to

Filling

  • 200 g sugar Added to
  • 150 gr lard Added to
  • 85 g sultanas Added to
  • 85 g currants Added to
  • 1 spoon cinnamon Added to
  • 1 spoon ground nutmeg Added to
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Directions

180 min.
1. Step

Mix the flour, salt and yeast together. Cut the lard into small chunks and rub them in. Mix in the water.

2. Step

Place the dough out onto a floured worktop. Knead for 10 minutes until obtaining a smooth, sticky and elastic dough.

3. Step

Cover the dough with cling film and leave to rest for 1 hour.

4. Step

Spread about half of the lard all over the bottom of your baking pan, and the other half on the dough.

5. Step

Mix together the sugar, spices and orange zest, and sprinkle half of this mixture over the lard in the pan, and the other half over the lard on the dough.

6. Step

Sprinkle the currants and sultanas over the sugar mix on the dough. Grab hold of part of the edge of the dough between your thumb and forefinger and lift it towards the centre of the dough. Moving around the edge of the dough, repeat this operation about 7 times until all of your segments meet in the middle and the filling is fully enclosed.

7. Step

Place the dough in the baking pan. Cover with a towel and leave to rest for about 30 minutes.

8. Step

Paint the top of the dough with egg wash and cook in a preheated oven to 180°C for 30 minutes.

9. Step

Put a plate on top and flip the baking pan and the plate upside down. Leave to cool completely.

10. Step

Enjoy!

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