I've never had a seed cake. What are they like?
It is a cake with carroway seeds in it. It is a very old fashioned traditional English cake. Very easy to make and one that dad loves to have a slice of for supper.
Old Fashioned Seed Cake
Fat for greasing
¾ cup butter or marg (I use marg)
¾ cup fine granulated sugar
3 eggs beaten
2 ¼ cups flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
Preheat the oven to 325F.
Grease a deep 7 inch cake tin (pan) and line with greaseproof (parchment) paper and grease again.
Cream the fat and sugar until light an fluffy then gradually beat in the eggs adding a little flour with the last of the egg to prevent curdling.
Sieve the flour with the baking powder and beat lightly into the creamed mixture. Stir in the caraway seeds and turn the mixture into the prepared tin (pan).
Bake for 1 ½ hours or until firm to the touch.
Cool on a wire rack
Serves 6 – 8