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St Basils Cake Recipe

	Caramia / All my dishes 7 months, 3 weeks ago This is the cake essentially prepared for New Year's day. Prep:5m Cook:60m Servings:8	Caramia
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Ingredients

250g butter (soft) 1 1/4 cup (9oz)

8 eggs

1 kilo (2lb) flour

5 tbsp cognac

500g (1lb) sugar

juice from 6 oranges

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp grated orange rind

2 tsp baking powder

Icing sugar to decorate (confectioner's sugar)

Directions

In a glass bowl beat the butter until it is light and fluffy.

In a 2nd bowl beat together the egg yolks and sugar, until pale, add the butter to the egg mixture. Stir to combine.

Dissolve the soda in the orange juice and add to bowl. Beat the egg whites in a clean separate bowl until stiff

Add half the flour, half the cognac with the baking powder dissolved in it, and half the egg whites to the sugar/butter mixture. Mix well and then repeat with the second half.

Pour mixture into a 30cm (12in) round baking tin and bake in a preheated moderate oven 180c /350f/Gas 4 for approx 1 hour. Until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Leave to cool. Wrap a coin in foil and insert it in the base of the cake (see note). Decorate the cake with icing sugar, sprinkled on top or make a stencil of 2002 ;sprinkle icing sugar over then gently remove the stencil.

(Make sure you place the coin away fromthe center of the cake or you may end up with the coin stil on the plate when you cut the slices)

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Comments

lor 2 months ago said:
This is a must have for New Year's! Just as you mentioned, I always put a coin wrapped in parchment / waxed paper into my cake. Whoever gets the coin has the best of everything for the year ahead. Another great "5" fork recipe.

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