Lardy Cake
Lardy cake, also known as lardy bread, lardy john, dough cake or fourses cake is a traditional rich spiced form of bread made in various parts of England.
Ingredients - Serves 8
- Mixed spice - 2 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Fast-action dried yeast - 1 sachet
- Milk - 300ml, warmed
- Mixed dried fruit - 200g
- Caster sugar - 200g
- Lard - 200g, diced
- Strong white bread flour - 500g
Let's Get Started
- Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Rub in half the lard, then stir in the sugar.
- Make a well in the centre and pour in the warm milk. Mix together to form a soft dough, then turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 mins until smooth and elastic.
- Roll out the dough to a rectangle, about 30 x 20cm. Dot one third of the remaining lard over the top two-thirds of the dough, then sprinkle over a third of the sugar and fruit.
- Fold the dough into three, like a business letter, then give it a quarter-turn. Roll the dough out again and repeat the process twice more.
- Fold the dough into three once more, then put it into a greased 900g loaf tin. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hr or until doubled in size.
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Bake the loaf for 45 mins until golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Dietary Info
- Dish Type: Bread
- Prep Time: 120 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Calories: 450
- Fat: 20g
- Carbs: 60g
- Protein: 8g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Sugar: 30g
