English Caraway Cake

7 Reviews

“This cake hails from Britain.” - by MARBALET

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
salt to taste
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon caraway seed
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

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Original recipe yields 1 - 8 inch round cake

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C). Grease and flour the bottom and sides of an 8 inch round cake pan with 1 tablespoon softened butter or margarine.
Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
Cream 1/2 cup butter or margarine and sugar together. Mix in caraway seeds and egg. Add flour mixture and milk, beating well. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (10 total)

Calories
279 cal
14%

Fat
11.5 g
18%

Carbs
39.9 g
13%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Ruth

Feb. 22, 2008

"Delicious recipe! It was perfect. I must say though, that "pour into pan" is impossible. You have to pat it in like biscuit dough. The texture was fabulous, very tender, with a lovely crust. I'll ..." See morebe making this again and again!"

PATGEORGE

Jun. 17, 2003

"As a kid I hated this. As a grown up I love it! Every cake shop in England used to sell it, but I haven't seen any commercially for decades. Do try it. You'll either hate it or love it...." See more"

jlandhen

Apr. 10, 2007

"This is memories from my childhood. My mom has misplaced her recipe so I was glad to find one. It's flavour was perfect, and I went heavy on the caraway seeds, but I found it dry. Next time I will add..." See more a bit less flour and see if it helps."

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