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Wiltshire Whitsun Cake

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This International dessert features Sm. tart green gooseberries 6 oz Butter, Blossoms* 6 oz Pale muscovado sugar, Plain wholemeal flour Demerara sugar, Baking powder Flowers & leaves to garnish, Eggs. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 8
Calories: 302.4
Dietary: Vegetarian
Description
This International dessert features Sm. tart green gooseberries 6 oz Butter, Blossoms* 6 oz Pale muscovado sugar, Plain wholemeal flour Demerara sugar, Baking powder Flowers & leaves to garnish, Eggs. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 3/4 lbs Sm. tart green gooseberries
  • 6 oz Butter
  • 5 Elderflower Blossoms*
  • 6 oz Pale muscovado sugar
  • 1/2 lbs Plain wholemeal flour Demerara sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking powder Flowers & leaves to garnish
  • 2 lg Eggs
Directions
  1. 1
    Top and tail the gooseberries into a mixing bowl.
  2. 2
    Add the finely chopped leaves or the florets of elderflower carefully stripped from the stalk, and
  3. 3
    stir to
  4. 4
    mix with the fruit.
  5. 5
    Sift the flour and baking powder into a separate bowl.
  6. 6
    Cut then rub in the butter.
  7. 7
    Stir in the muscovado sugar then the lightly beaten eggs.
  8. 8
    Finally, stir in the gooseberries and their flavourings.
  9. 9
    Grease the base of an 8-inch spring-clip cake tin, line and grease again.
  10. 10
    Turn the cake mixture into it and mound it up in the middle.
  11. 11
    Bake at 350 F (180 C) gas mark 4 for about 1 1/2 hours.
  12. 12
    Unlike most cakes, this one does not come away from the sides of the tin when it is cooked.
  13. 13
    Cool for a few minutes before unmoulding.
  14. 14
    Sprinkle with demerara sugar and decorate with fresh elder blossom or sweet geranium or melissa leaves, and
  15. 15
    serve the deliciously moist cake while it is still warm - as a pudding, with plenty of
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    cream .
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    for you

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories 302.4kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 6.2g10%
Saturated Fat 1.8g9%
Cholesterol 186.5mg63%
Sodium 416.5mg18%
Total Carbohydrate 48.3g17%
Dietary Fiber 3.2g13%
Sugars 2.8g
Protein 12.9g26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, blossoms, butter, cake, demerara, dessert, eggs, flour, flowers, garnish, gooseberries, green, international, leaves, muscovado, pale, plain, powder, sugar, tart
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