LANCASHIRE COURTING CAKE HELPED LASSES LAND A HUSBAND
A test of their baking skill, young lasses of Lancashire baked this cake for their betrothed as a gesture of love, care and friendship, as part of courtship,
Provided by downtonabbeycooks
Categories Afternoon Tea Dessert
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare 2 or 3 cake pans by lining the bottoms with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Taking time at this stage will result in a much lighter cake.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
- Sift flour, baking powder, salt into medium bowl. Fold into butter mixture.
- Gently mix in milk to make a dropping consistency.
- Divide batter into your prepared pans. To remove extra air bubbles give your pans a good whack on your counter before putting into the oven. Think about an ex...it will help!
- Bake cake for 25- 30 minutes, or light brown and firm to the touch. Let cool completely on wire racks.
- If you have made two layers and have lots of berries, you can carefully slice each layer in half horizontally with a long serrated knife so you have four layers.
- Otherwise, just place one layer on a decorative plate, layer with sweetened whipped cream (or flavoured non fat yoghurt) and sliced strawberries.
- Top with the next layer and repeat until complete. Some prefer to place the final layer with the cut side up to make it more flat, but topping covers all sins.
- Dust with powdered sugar. Arrange more berries atop cake.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least an hour before serving to let the flavours blend. Good luck!
LANCASHIRE CAKE
A recipe of my gran's from Lancashire, England, and something we only got at Christmas. Keeps well. Tastes great. Takes a good deal of preparation, but is worth it!
Provided by Northern_Reflectionz
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 50 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.8, Fat 11.2, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 17.8, Sodium 39.1, Carbohydrate 23.1, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 8.5, Protein 2.1
ENGLISH ECCLES CAKE
Provided by Emily Ansara Baines
Categories Cake Dessert Bake Dried Fruit Spice Cinnamon Nutmeg Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Yields 6-8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Thoroughly grease a large baking sheet.
- 2. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in currants, fruit peel, white sugar, brown sugar, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly until sugar is dissolved and fruit is coated. Remove from heat.
- 3. Roll out thawed pastry on a clean, lightly-floured surface until it is 1/4-inch thick. Cut out eight circles, each roughly 5 inches in diameter; set aside remaining pastry dough for use in other recipes. Divide currant mixture evenly between circles, then moisten edges of pastries with a little bit of milk, fold together, and pinch to seal.
- 4. Turn pastries upside down onto floured surface and carefully roll out to make a wider and flatter pastry. Be careful not to break the dough.
- 5. Brush cakes with beaten egg, then sprinkle with white sugar. Make three parallel cuts across the top of each cake, then place on greased baking sheet.
- 6. Bake pastries in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and sprinkle with a little more sugar, then serve.
ECCLES CAKES
Sticky and packed with fruit, with extra flaky and light pastry, these Eccles cakes are just about perfect
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Afternoon tea, Treat
Time 2h20m
Yield Makes 10 (easily doubled)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- To make the pastry, dice the butter and put it in the freezer to go really hard. Tip flour into the bowl of a food processor with half the butter and pulse to the texture of breadcrumbs. Pour in the lemon juice and 100ml iced water, and pulse to a dough. Tip in the rest of the butter and pulse a few times until the dough is heavily flecked with butter. It is important that you don't overdo this as the flecks of butter are what makes the pastry flaky.
- On a floured surface roll the pastry out to a neat rectangle about 20 x 30cm. Fold the two ends of the pastry into the middle (See picture 1), then fold in half (pic 2). Roll the pastry out again and refold the same way 3 more times resting the pastry for at least 15 mins each time between roll and fold, then leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 mins before using.
- To make the filling, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Take it off the heat and stir in all the other ingredients until completely mixed, then set aside.
- To make the cakes, roll the pastry out until it's just a little thicker than a £1 coin and cut out 8 rounds about 12cm across. Re-roll the trimming if needed. Place a good heaped tablespoon of mixture in the middle of each round, brush the edges of the rounds with water, then gather the pastry around the filling and squeeze it together (pic 3). Flip them over so the smooth top is upwards and pat them into a smooth round. Flatten each round with a rolling pin to an oval until the fruit just starts to poke through, then place on a baking tray. Cut 2 little slits in each Eccles cakes, brush generously with egg white and sprinkle with the sugar (pic 4).
- Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 8. Bake the Eccles cakes for 15-20 mins until just past golden brown and sticky. Leave to cool on a rack and enjoy while still warm or cold with a cup of tea. If you prefer, Eccles cakes also go really well served with a wedge of hard, tangy British cheese such as Lancashire or cheddar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 23 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 58 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 31 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.41 milligram of sodium
ECCLES CAKES
From the North of England, these cakes are pastries, a sweet and spicy mixture in a puff pastry case with a shiny coating -- best eaten straight from the oven.
Provided by Norma
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Sprinkle a baking sheet with water.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in currants, mixed peel, demerara sugar and mixed spice. Stir until sugar is dissolved and fruit is well coated. Remove from heat.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out 8 (5 inch) circles, using a saucer as a guide. Divide the fruit mixture evenly between the circles. Moisten the edges of the pastry, pull the edges to the center and pinch to seal. Invert filled cakes on the floured surface and roll out gently to make a wider, flatter circle, but do not break the dough.
- Brush each cake with egg white and sprinkle generously with white sugar. Make three parallel cuts across the top of each cake, then place them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, until golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.5 calories, Carbohydrate 31.8 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 104 mg, Sugar 14.1 g
LANCASHIRE HOT POT
Very simple lamb and potato casserole made with layers of sliced potatoes, browned onion and leg of lamb, fresh thyme, stock and seasoning.
Provided by HEATHER.WRAY
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 2h20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute onion until soft and deep golden in color. Remove from skillet and set aside. Add lamb to skillet and fry (in batches if necessary) until rich chestnut brown in color, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain fat and reserve.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Spread 1/2 of the potatoes in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place browned lamb and onions on top, then sprinkle with thyme and season to taste. Cover with remaining potatoes, season to taste and dot with butter. Pour stock over all.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Note: If casserole is drying out while cooking, add more stock as needed. If casserole is browning too quickly, cover with aluminum foil.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.4 calories, Carbohydrate 38.4 g, Cholesterol 57.8 mg, Fat 16.3 g, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 17.1 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Sodium 302.2 mg, Sugar 5.1 g
LANCASHIRE POTATO CAKES WITH CHIVES GARLIC AND CHEESE
Posted for Zaar World Tours. This has been adapted from a British cookbook called "Favourite Harvest Recipes - Traditional Seasonal Fare" and is slightly different to other potato cake recipes in that it includes baking powder. I have since added the garlic, spring onions and cheese to the original recipe to pep it up a notch, so here is the original recipe with my additions added in :) ZWT REGION: England.
Provided by kiwidutch
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil the potatoes until half cooked then add the onion and garlic into the pot. Mash together once potatoes are fully cooked.
- Stir in the rest of the ingredients to make a soft dough. It should not be sticky.
- Roll out onto a floured board until it is 1/2 inch thick (1.25 cm) and cut into round or triangle shapes. Cook 5-7 minutes on each side in a heavy based fry pan until golden brown. Serve immediately with plenty of butter.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 371.1, Fat 14.3, SaturatedFat 8.5, Cholesterol 86.3, Sodium 722.9, Carbohydrate 48, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 2, Protein 12.9
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