Yorkshire Tea Cake

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ounce english butter or 1 ounce welsh butter
  • 1 ounce caster sugar
  • 2 ounces currants
  • 1/2 ounce fresh yeast
  • 1/2 pint lukewarm milk

Instructions

  1. Sift flour and sugar into bowl and rub in butter.
  2. Add sugar and currants, tossing together lightly.
  3. Blend yeast with milk.
  4. Add all at once to dry ingredients, mixing together until dough is firm.
  5. Knead for 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.
  6. Cover and leave to rise for 10 minutes. Knead well again, dividing into 6 pieces, then roll into 6" rounds.
  7. Cover and leave to rise until almost double in size.
  8. Bake just above centre of preheated 400F oven for 20 minutes.
  9. To serve, split open and spread thickly with butter (Can be split open and toasted before buttering).

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

613 kcal 31% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 14.7g 29% DV
Total Fat 30g 38% DV
Carbs 76.2g 28% DV
Fiber 7.5g 27% DV
Sugar 36.5g 73% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 9783.3mg 100% DV
Potassium 412mg 9% DV
Cholesterol 76.5mg 26% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 50mcg 6% DV
Vitamin C 49.2mg 55% DV
Vitamin D 0.4mcg 2% DV
Calcium 133.8mg 10% DV
Iron 3.7mg 20% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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