Lardy cake

[murni]

A few weeks ago my friend posted on where to buy lard. Several of you told him how to make it, I followed instructions and yesterday made a delicious lardy cake. (Brits will know what that is).

So thank you very much.

[FolkGuitar]

Lady Cake?

1 cup sugar

2 Tbs Lard

1 tsp Vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

3 cups Lady?

[murni]

Sorry if my inaccurate typing of the topic title had some of you men drooling. It should of course have been lardy cake.

[Ulysses G.]

"Lardy" cake sounds terrible, but I bet that it is really good.

[Chicog]

Did it look like this?

[Gonzo the Face]

Did it look like this?

Just hafta say it....... looks pretty tasty, but if you let you imagination loose it could be a fish, knifed in the chin, head mashed and then flattened out with it head ripped off..... but just a thought....

Gotta check into my meds......

G

[NancyL]

Here is the opening paragraph from the wikipedia entry for "lardy cake"

"Lardy cake, also known as lardy bread, lardy Johns, dough cake and fourses cake is a traditional rich spiced form of bread found in several southern counties of England each claiming to provide the original recipe. It remains a popular weekend tea cake in some of the southern counties of England, including Gloucestershire,Sussex, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. It is unrecorded in the south east counties of Essex and Kent."

It goes onto say, "The main ingredients are freshly rendered lard, flour, sugar, spices, currants and raisins"

With a ingredients like that, I don't know how it escaped being on the menu at your place Gonzo. Better move quick -- Dave's going to see this post and add it to the menu at Duke's if you don't watch out.

[murni]

Actually NancyL it originated in Wiltshire as in the 14/15 hundreds Wilts was the main area for raising pigs.

[circusman]

I thought people stopped eating lard years ago. Just crazy to take that into your body. Plenty of other cakes to eat.

[jonwilly]

"several southern counties of England each claiming to provide the original recipe"

Thank Buddha for that.

Knew it could not have originated in the North,

for we are all to conscious of our Slim Trim figure.

john

[Gonzo the Face]

Here is the opening paragraph from the wikipedia entry for "lardy cake"

"Lardy cake, also known as lardy bread, lardy Johns, dough cake and fourses cake is a traditional rich spiced form of bread found in several southern counties of England each claiming to provide the original recipe. It remains a popular weekend tea cake in some of the southern counties of England, including Gloucestershire,Sussex, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. It is unrecorded in the south east counties of Essex and Kent."

It goes onto say, "The main ingredients are freshly rendered lard, flour, sugar, spices, currants and raisins"

With a ingredients like that, I don't know how it escaped being on the menu at your place Gonzo. Better move quick -- Dave's going to see this post and add it to the menu at Duke's if you don't watch out.

Great suggestion Nancy...... I think it would be a good combo served with Diet Coke ..... only for the happy while you are here crowd...... not to mention to pizz of the health nut crowd.

[Chicog]

I thought people stopped eating lard years ago. Just crazy to take that into your body. Plenty of other cakes to eat.

And miseries like you will never ever know the answer.

[northernjohn]

Did it look like this?

Just hafta say it....... looks pretty tasty, but if you let you imagination loose it could be a fish, knifed in the chin, head mashed and then flattened out with it head ripped off..... but just a thought....

Gotta check into my meds......

G

Can't be good for me if it takes up the whole screen plus.

[Ulysses G.]

I thought people stopped eating lard years ago. Just crazy to take that into your body. Plenty of other cakes to eat.

The latest scientific research says that saturated fat is not that bad for you and there is no evidence that it causes heart disease. I was always taught otherwise, but that is what scientists are saying.

http://chriskresser.com/new-study-puts-final-nail-in-the-saturated-fat-causes-heart-disease-coffin

[Chicog]

Can't be good for me if it takes up the whole screen plus.

You don't have to eat it all.

[Chicog]

If anyone fancies a go....

I might make one this weekend.

Ingredients

• 450g/1lb strong white flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 x 7g sachets instant yeast

• 75g/2½oz lard

• 300ml/10½fl oz water

• 75g/2½oz butter

• 225g/8oz mixed dried fruit including mixed peel

• 50g/1¾oz soft brown sugar

• extra flour for dusting

Preparation method

1. Mix together the flour, salt and yeast in a mixing bowl. Rub in 20g/¾oz of the lard using your fingertips until there are no pieces of lard visible.

2. Add three-quarters of the water and hand-mix the flour into the water to form a dough. Add as much of the remaining water as you need to get a dough that is soft and leaves the sides of the bowl clean.

3. Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth. Place in a clean bowl, cover and leave to rise until doubled in size. This depends on the temperature of the room, but should take 1-2 hours.

4. Tip the dough onto a floured work surface and roll into a rectangle about 20x50cm/8x20in and about ½cm thick.

5. Dot a third of the remaining lard and a third of the butter over the surface of the dough. Scatter over a third of the fruit and a third of the sugar. Fold the top third of the dough down and the bottom third up so that the dough is folded in three and roughly square. Turn the dough a quarter turn. Roll out and repeat the out process twice more, to use up all the lard and fruit.

6. Line a 23x23cm/9x9in square loose bottomed tin with baking parchment. Roll out the dough to fit the tin and place it inside. Cover with clingfilm, or place inside a large plastic bag, and leave to rise for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

7. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden-brown.

8. Leave to cool slightly before removing from the tin. Cut into squares and serve warm or cold, with butter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lardy_cake_80839