My Mum has a old note book which her gran, my great gran ,wrote lots of recipes over the years. I was looking through it and found a recipe for wartime cake. It was used in wartime because they were no eggs in it which were hard to come by during the war. Feel \u00a0free to try it.<\/p>\n
War time cake<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/p>\n
1 cup of syrup<\/p>\n
4 ozs Margarine<\/p>\n
1 cup sultanas<\/p>\n
Teaspoon Mixed Spice<\/p>\n
1 cup currants<\/p>\n
1 cup of milk<\/p>\n
pinch of salt<\/p>\n
3 cups plain flour<\/p>\n
1\/2 teaspoon of baking powder<\/p>\n
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda<\/p>\n
Boil syrup, margarine, sultanas, mixed spice, currants and milk together for 3 minutes. Leave to cool. Dissolve baking soda in a little warm water. Then add to bowl with flour and bicarb. Mix boiled ingredients with flour mixture. Put in greaseproof lined tin and place in oven for 1\u00a0hour at 180c.<\/p>\n
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My Mum has a old note book which her gran, my great gran ,wrote lots of recipes over the years. I was looking through it and found a recipe for wartime cake. It was used in wartime because they were no eggs in it which were hard to come by during the war. Feel \u00a0free … Continue reading Wartime Cake Recipe<\/span>