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Eggless Cake

ingredients

2 cups (225 g) 8 oz self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda (Baking soda)
pinch of grated nutmeg
1/2 cup (100 g) 4 oz sugar
2 oz (50 g) margarine
2 oz (50 g) raisins
2 oz (50 g) currants
25 g (1 oz) candied citron, chopped
2/3 cup (150 ml) 1/4 pt milk

method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and nutmeg into a bowl.

2. Stir in the sugar, then rub in the margarine.

3. Add the dried fruit and citron and bind together with the milk. Cover and leave overnight.

4. The next day, turn into a greased 18 cm (7 inch) tin and bake in a preheated moderate oven 180°C (350°F) Gas Mark 4 for 2 hours.

What did you think?

41 people have helped to review this recipe. Thankyou!

Excellent Recipe
posted by Reena Chumber @ 10:53AM, 8/28/08
This really works, its the only eggless cake recipe i follow- its never let me down
How to bake in the pressure cooker ?
posted by Radhika Chougule @ 11:11PM, 11/28/08
If i don't use oven & use pressure cooker how much time shld it be put on the gas ? & how shld be the flame ?(low,med,high ?)
kindly guide

PS : - when i make a cake of (1/4 kg self-raising flour,3/4 cup butter,3/4 cup milk,1.5 cup suger,etc.... ) i put it in an aluminium pot greased with butter,iput the pot in the pressure cooker ,i remove the ring ,put the whistle on the cooker,put it on medium flame for 15 mins & low flame for 30 to 40 mins )
Reason why it works
posted by anonymous @ 11:32AM, 3/07/10
As its a fruit cake this holds the cake up
Help!
posted by navi @ 02:10PM, 8/02/10
Do i need to leave it overnite?
Success
posted by Michael @ 10:10AM, 8/25/10
Hi. I am hopeless in the kitchen - but this did actually work. My friends were amazed that even I managed to make something edible.
Its a fool-proof recipe.
Thanks
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