Kerrin's Belgian Tea Cake |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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This cake, from a friend, has a choice of fillings. The lemon cheese is the original filling, both are lovely. Ingredients:
1/2 cup caster sugar |
1 cup self raising flour |
1 pinch salt |
60 g butter |
2 eggs, beaten |
60 ml hot water (2oz) |
1 tablespoon walnuts, chopped |
1 lemon, juice and zest of |
3/4 cup water |
3/4 cup sugar |
1 1/2 tablespoons custard powder |
1 (400 g) can fruit, drained keep syrup aside |
1 1/2-2 tablespoons custard powder |
Directions:
1. Cake:.
2. Sift dry ingredients, rub in butter, add eggs to form a moist dough.
3. Place 1/2 mixture into a greased 7â round sandwich tin, spreading about 1/2 way up sides of tin.
4. Pour hot filling over mixture in tin.
5. Place remaining mixture over the filling in heaps, then sprinkle with walnuts and bake 35 mins at 190 deg C - 200 deg C (375 deg Fâ400 deg F) less if fan forced.
6. Serve warm with whipped cream.
7. Filling:.
8. Boil water and sugar, add rind and boil 2 mins, then remove from stove and add custard powder, mixed with lemon juice - reheat until thickened.
9. Alternate filling:.
10. Add custard powder to syrup or juice from can and heat until thickened, mix in fruit.
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