Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo) - Lavender and Lovage

Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo) - Lavender and Lovage

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Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo) A traditional recipe for a Welsh seed cake, and one that would have been served to the sheep shearers during shearing season. This buttery cake would have...

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Ingredients

  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 180g unsalted butter (softened)
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 3 free-range eggs (beaten with 2 tablespoons buttermilk or skimmed milk)
  • 100g chopped candied peel
  • 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
  • extra buttermilk or skimmed milk if needed

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