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ST BASILs CAKE Recipe

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How to make it

  • 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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    " It was excellent "
    lor ate it and 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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