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Simple recipes for cakes, biscuits, pies, puddings and desserts that celebrate Britain's glorious baking heritage, from <i>Great Birtish Bake Off</i> favourite, Mary-Anne Boermans. Lardy cake is not from the North of England. It is from Wiltshire in the South West where pig farming was common and.

Lardy cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Lardy cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook lardy cake using 14 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lardy cake:

1. Make ready 450 g strong white flour
2. Make ready 15 g lard
3. Make ready 25 g caster sugar
4. Prepare 21 g yeast
5. Get 300 ml lukewarm water
6. Make ready For the filling
7. Get 75 g lard
8. Prepare 75 g soft brown sugar
9. Make ready 180 g currants and/or raisins
10. Get 25 g chopped peel
11. Make ready 1 tsp mixed spice
12. Get For the glaze
13. Take 2 tsp sunflower oil
14. Make ready 2 tsp caster sugar

A very traditional recipe from SW England - lardy cake is not for those on diets! I'm just wondering, why do they call it lardy monkey bread when there is absolutely no lard in it???? Just the name alone will cause some people to faint in horror as lard still has a bad reputation with many health-conscious eaters. Know one really knows where the recipe originates from but Lardy Cake has been popular in Wiltshire and the West Country for.

Steps to make Lardy cake:

1. Grease a 25x20cm tin or, as I did, two slightly smaller ones.
2. Add flour and salt to bowl and rub in the lard.
3. In a bowl cream the yeast with half the milk and allow to stand for 5-10 minutes.
4. Add the rest of the water to the mix and add to the flour. Mix until a smooth dough.
5. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 5-10 minutes. Place in a bowl an cover, or put in a prover, until the dough doubles in size.
6. Knock back the dough and turn out onto a floured surface. At this point split the dough if you are using two tins.
7. Roll the dough into a rough rectangle. Slightly smaller than the tin to be used.
8. With half the lard flake the bottom two thirds of the dough.
9. Cover the lard with half the fruit, sugar and spice.
10. Fold the top third down and the bottom third up. Use a roller to seal the edges.
11. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and repeat the roll out, flaking, fruiting and folding. Finally roll the dough to be just smaller than the tin.
12. Cover or put in a prover to allow to double in size. While proving heat the oven to 200c/gas 6.
13. When doubled in size. Use a sharp knife to score crisscrossed lines across the top and brush with the the oil. Sprinkle with the sugar. You will need to be quick to prevent the dough from from deflating.
14. Cook for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
15. Allow to cool slightly. Then cut into thick slices and serve.

Lardy cake — Lardy cake, also known as Lardy bread, Lardy Johns, Dough cake or Fourses cake is a traditional bread from England. The main ingredients are lard (specifically freshly rendered pork. A traditional British cake, which originates from Wiltshire. It's rich, delicious and the perfect treat for afternoon tea. Don't even think about substituting butter or margarine for the lard.

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