As it’s carnival night in Weston tonight, a traditional Somerset celebration of the beginning of winter – yes, I know it was originally commemorating the fact that Guy Fawkes had failed to blow up the Palace of Westminster, but actually it was grafted onto a much older tradition of bonfires… so, as it’s carnival, here is a recipe for Somerset cider cake:
- 4 oz Somerset butter
- 4 oz sugar
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz flour, sifted with ½ tsp each of bicarbonate of soda. ginger, and nutmeg
- 5 fl oz good Somerset cider whisked until it is really frothy
- cream butter and sugar until it is really lightly and creamy and pale in colour
- gently fold in half the flour and spice mix
- stir in the cider,very gently
- fold in the rest of the flour
- pour into a greased and line 7″ cake tin and put into a preheated oven, 300ºF, 150ºC, gas mark 2 for 45 mins
- keep for a day before you cut it, eat it, enjoy it!
Lois Elsden 
Ouu just fancied some of this!
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Does sound good, doesn’t it… I like the idea of keeping it to let it mature… I wonder if you could spike it with cider brandy while you’re waiting!
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dunno, why dont you try?
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I will… maybe for my class on Tuesday – then I won’t get fat eating it all!
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Moderation!
you can eat lots of cake and not get fat!
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