Love cake Archive

Love cake Archive

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Made with a few simple ingredients a love cake would be made when a girl was courting. It would show her suitor that she could cook and therefore be able to look after him when they tied the knot.

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Ingredients

  • 225g/8oz self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 15g/½oz lard
  • 15g/½oz butter
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 175ml/6fl oz milk, plus extra for glazing
  • 2-3 tbsp strawberry jam

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