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crystalbee27 | 21:21 Tue 30th Nov 2010 | Food & Drink
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Hi -my gran used to make a lovely light fruit cake that contained lots of glace cherries , sultanas and ground almonds - it was called <childrens cake> for some reason - I lost the recipe and wondered if anyone had heard of this recipe? it would be ancient , probably 1950's at least and I know she used to use a lot of Be-ro recipes but doing a search with that name just brings up zillions of childrens birthday cake recipes. thanks in advance - also looking for a recipe for <white Christmas Cake>
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Children’s Cake.
½ lb butter beaten to a cream with ½ lb castor sugar, break in four fresh eggs, beating each separately, add gradually ½ lb flour, then 1 oz of skinned and chopped pistachio nuts, 1 oz chopped sweet almonds, ½ lb glacé cherries halved, the grated rind of a lemon. Mix well, bake in a moderate oven for some two hours. Cover with soft icing, and decorate if desired.
Apologies for the atrocious formatting, I just c&p'd it.
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wow thanks for the speedy reply and the link -that recipe sounds the nearest thing I've seen so far -except i remember she used ground almonds and deffo no pistachios - probably never heard of then in post war northern england lol! -maybe its a case of she just tweaked it a bit - anyway that link is amazing -thanks for taking the time ;-)
If you make one, we need to know if it was like Gran's, ok?
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lol! will do -

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