Sunday 3 March 2013

Mushroom Cake


Ingredients:

  • 3 oz flour
  • 3 oz corn flour or custard powder
  • 1 ½ level teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 oz sugar
  • 4 oz butter or margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • A little milk


Method:

  1. Sift flour, corn flour and baking powder.
  2. Cream butter and sugar.
  3. Ad eggs, one by one, and beat well.
  4. Add flour etc., gradually, and if necessary, a little milk, to make a creamy mixture.
  5. Half fill greased bun tins.
  6. Bake 15-20 minutes in moderate oven. 
  7. When cool, cut out centres with a small pastry cutter or a knife 2/3 of the way down. Fill the hollow with jam or cream, or both. Then put cut out piece on top and sprinkle with icing sugar.