Paul Hollywood's Lardy Cake recipe - The Great British Bake Off

Paul Hollywood's Lardy Cake recipe - The Great British Bake Off

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Paul Hollywood’s classic Lardy Cake—half Danish pastry, half bread, with sugar, lard, butter, and fruit. A nostalgic British baking gem.

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Ingredients

  • 20g lard, softened
  • 20g granulated sugar
  • 450g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 14g fast action yeast
  • 50g lard, chilled and cut into small cubes
  • 225-250ml water
  • 100g raisins
  • 100g currants
  • 1 tea bag
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100g light soft brown sugar
  • 2 large unwaxed oranges, quartered
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 150ml water
  • 100g unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
  • 50g lard chilled and cut into small cubes

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