Sand Cake

If you've decided to follow this blog then I thank you. It's nice to know that nanna's recipes won't be forgotten.

I decided to try nanna's sand cake recipe. She had a couple of recipes for this in her collection. I've no doubt that I'll try the alternate one at some stage in the future, however, the custard powder one is the one that I decided to try first. I know that many people debate whether this is a true sand cake (a sand cake usually has cornflour as a flour base), however I've seen both and this is called a sand cake in her actual recipe, so that's what I'm calling it!!!

Date Of Origin:

Unknown

The Recipe:
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup self raising flour
3 small tablespoons custard powder
1 egg
pinch salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk

Mix butter, flour and custard powder together. Beat egg and sugar together, then add milk. Add to creamed mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for 35 minutes.



Hints:

I used a ring tin and this seemed to have a good result.

I iced the cake with a simple butter icing recipe. I also added a tablespoon of custard powder to the icing to give it a bit of taste and colour. My mother tells me that a teaspoon of lemon juice would have worked just as well!


The Positives:

This cake was really easy and really yummy. It didn't last long in this house!

The Issues:

I don't really have any to report except that if you are looking for a really gritty texture to this sand cake, you may be a tad disappointed....until you try eating it!

The rating:

9/10