One of my Auntie Gwen’s recipes. Like me, she liked to type up her recipes. She kept them in a green folder in the kitchen. I’ve not tried this cake, but it seems to have been worth saving from Gwen’s point of view.
4 oz butter
5 oz caster sugar
2 eggs
2 oz plain flour
2 oz Cornflour
1/4 tsp baking powder
Flavouring (Assume she means vanilla essence, or almond/orange/coffee?)
1 tbl milk
tin size – 5 1/2″ x 3 ” (Loaf?)
Cream together the butter & sugar, add the egg yolks one at a time and beat well. Stir in the flours, and baking powder gradually, and add the milk & flavouring. Whisk the egg whites to stiff, and fold into the mixture.
fill the lined tin, which should be prepared by greasing and sprinkling with a mix of 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp flour.
Cook at 175°c. Allow to partially cool in the tin before turning out.
