CARAWAY SEED CAKE
Dated? Old-fashioned? Maybe, but our tasters all gave it the thumbs-up and said please include it
Categories Cake Recipes Afternoon Tea Gluten free Recipes
Yield Scroll to the bottom of the page to see questions Lindsey has answered on this recipe
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- What you do is sift the flour into a roomy mixing bowl, lifting the sieve quite high to give the flour a good airing as it goes down, then simply add all the other ingredients. Now, using an electric hand whisk, combine them for about 1 minute until you have a smooth creamy consistency. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Level off the surface with the back of a spoon, then sprinkle the demerara sugar and crushed almonds all over. Bake on a lower shelf so that the top of the tin is aligned with the centre of the oven for about 1 hour 5 minutes, or until the cake is springy in the centre. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. I think that this cake tastes better after a day or two, so leave it in its liner and store in a tin. See more Loaf Tin recipes being made in on our Cookery School Video on this page.
VICTORIAN SEED CAKE
I read a lot of English novels, and often see Seed Cake mentioned as served at Tea. So I did some searching and came up with this recipe. The original was all in Victorian measurements, so I have changed them to modern measurements. Seed Cake is discussed at length in Agatha Christie's novel, At Bertram's Hotel, as well as other...
Provided by Susan Feliciano
Categories Other Snacks
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease two 7" or 8" round cake pans, line the bottoms with a parchment circle, and then grease the parchment.
- 2. Beat the eggs in a medium bowl with a whisk. In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until mixture is pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs a little at a time. When all the egg, sugar and butter have been mixed well, whisk in the caraway seeds, mace, and nutmeg. Then lightly add in the flour. Finally, stir in the brandy.
- 3. Add just enough milk to loosen the mixture and give the cake batter a good consistency - it should drop, not pour, off a spoon. Mine only took 2 tablespoons. Spoon the batter into the prepared cake pans. Level off the surface with a spatula or back of a spoon. Sprinkle the demerara sugar all over the tops to make a nice sweet crust.
- 4. Bake cakes in the center of the oven for about 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean and dry. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. The cake keeps well when wrapped tightly in foil or parchment and kept in an airtight tin. This cake is not traditionally stacked or frosted; you just have 2 round Seed Cakes that can be sliced for Tea.
- 5. NOTE: Caraway is a type of seed common to both cake and biscuit recipes of the Medieval and Tudor periods; and the English usage of the term Caraway dates back to at least A.D. 1440.
ENGLISH CARAWAY CAKE
This cake recipe with the distinct flavor of caraway seeds hails from Great Britain.
Provided by MARBALET
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C). Grease and flour the bottom and sides of an 8 inch round cake pan with 1 tablespoon softened butter or margarine.
- Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Cream 1/2 cup butter or margarine and sugar together. Mix in caraway seeds and egg. Add flour mixture and milk, beating well. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
- Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.1 calories, Carbohydrate 39.9 g, Cholesterol 47 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 135.1 mg, Sugar 15.7 g
MRS BEETON'S VICTORIAN SEED CAKE - A VERY GOOD SEED CAKE
Yes, this IS a very good seed cake, but that's not my title, but how this recipe is listed in Mrs Beeton's cookbook of Household Management! I love seed cake, the aniseed flavours of the caraway seeds marry so well with the light sponge and subtle spices. You can also add optional chopped candied peel as my grandmother used to - it makes the cake moister. For your interest, I have posted the recipe as it orginally appeared, at the end of the modern adaptation. Seed cake was very popular during the Victorian era, it was often taken as a "Digestive" after a heavy meal or before retiring to bed, as caraway seeds are known for their soothing and digestive qualities. You can omit the brandy if you wish, and add milk in its place.
Provided by French Tart
Categories Dessert
Time 2h10m
Yield 1 Large Seed Cake, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pre-heat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3 and grease and line a 7" (18cm) to 8" (20cm) round cake tin.
- Cream the butter with the sugar and then sift in the flour.
- Add the mace, nutmeg and caraway seeds and mix together well. (Add the chopped candied peel if using at this stage as well).
- Stir in the whisked eggs and the brandy.
- Beat the cake again for 2 to 3 minutes, until very smooth and with no lumps.
- Pour the mixture into a tin lined with buttered paper.
- Bake it for 1½ to 2 hours, until a skewer comes out clean when tested, and the cake is well risen, firm and golden brown.
- ORIGINAL RECIPE:.
- A VERY GOOD SEED-CAKE.
- 1776. INGREDIENTS - 1 lb. of butter, 6 eggs, 3/4 lb. of sifted sugar, pounded mace and grated nutmeg to taste, 1 lb. of flour, 3/4 oz. of caraway seeds, 1 wineglassful of brandy.
- Mode - Beat the butter to a cream; dredge in the flour; add the sugar, mace, nutmeg, and caraway seeds, and mix these ingredients well together. Whisk the eggs, stir to them the brandy, and beat the cake again for 10 minutes. Put it into a tin lined with buttered paper, and bake it from 1-1/2 to 2 hours. This cake would be equally nice made with currants, and omitting the caraway seeds.
- Time - 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
- Average cost, 2s. 6d.
- Seasonable at any time.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 723.3, Fat 33.1, SaturatedFat 20, Cholesterol 173.1, Sodium 303.4, Carbohydrate 58.5, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 29.3, Protein 7.5
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