Recipe

English Butter Cake For Christmas Recipe

	Pickledickle234 / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago Hollidays are a coming so get a baking. Prep:30m Cook:1m Servings:15	Pickledickl
	english butter cake for christmas

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Ingredients

250g butter, creamy

1 ¼ cups (250g) sugar

5 egg yolks

5 egg whites

3 tablespoons cognac (French brandy)

1 tablespoon vanilla essence

3 cups (360g) flour

1 cup (110g) cornstarch

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 cup glacé fruit, chopped

1 cup (225g) raisins

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

1/2 cup almonds

Directions

Beat butter and sugar until creamy.

Beat in the egg yolks, cognac and vanilla essence.

Sift together flour, cornstarch and baking powder and fold into the mixture.

Mix the chopped fruits in a bowl and fold in 1 or 2 tablespoons of flour.

Stir into the batter.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture, until well blended.

Pour the batter into a well greased and floured loaf tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour.

Remove from the oven and cool over a wire rack.

It can be prepared and stored or frozen, wrapped in plastic food wrap when still warm.

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Comments

happychild 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This sounds great I sent you a friend request cause you always have new wonderful Recipes so I would like to keep in touch and notified lol.

mommywholovespandas 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Yum

morninlite 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Oh so good! It will be a nice addition to my Christmas baking....63 days to go you know!!

laadeedaa 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This will be perfect for my Christmas baking as well. Thanks so much for posting this lovely English Butter Cake. High 5

momo_55grandma 1 year ago said:
Fantastic cake love this one thanks

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