Teisen Sir Fon (Anglesey Cake) Welsh

• Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 10 ounces flour
• 1 teaspoon treacle
• 4 ounces lard
• 1 pinch mixed spice
• 1 pinch ginger
• 3 ounces sugar
• 4 ounces dried fruit
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch salt

Directions:

1. Cream the sugar and fat.
2. Mix in the egg and add the remainder of the ingredients, having desolved the bicarbonate in the milk.
3. Bake in a greased tin for about 3/4 hour in a moderately hot oven.
4. Gas control, Gas MArk 5 (375F).
5. Alternate:
6. 3 teacupsful of flour; 1 teacupful of butter; 1 teacupful of sugar; 2 teaspoonful of baking powder; 2 eggs; milk to mix; a little dried fruit.
7. Rub the butter into the flour, add sugar, baking powder and well beaten eggs and milk if necessary - it must be kept fairly stiff.
8. This mixture is enough to fill two sandwich tins.
9. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
10. Cut in half, spread with butter and eat hot.
11. Oven control, Gas Mark 5 (375F).
12. Croeso Cymreig.