Given that the theme for the latest clandestine cake club was "Lancashire afternoon Tea", I decided to have a go at re inventing the Goosnargh cake as a real cake.
Goosnargh cakes are a traditional Lancashire delicacy which are more like a biscuit than a cake, however there is traditional English cake "The Seed Cake" that shares some similarities.
The Seed Cake features caraway seeds in much the same way as a Goosnargh cake does so that was the inspiration for the cake, given that this was cake club I needed to enhance the cake so I decided on a fresh orange buttercream, caraway and orange being a traditional pairing.
I used Nigel Slater's Seed Cake recipe which can be found here, please pay heed to Nigel's advice re the quantity of caraway you use as otherwise your cake will be horrid, I have ignored his advice however when it comes to gilding the lily and plumped for fresh orange buttercream which seem to go down well at cake club.
To make the orange buttercream filling and icing , I used softened butter, icing sugar, juice of 1 fresh squeezed orange and the zest of the said orange, whipped until not grainy in my trusty mixer. A lovely fresh contrast to the caraway in the cake.
I am entering this post into Farmers Girl Nigel Slater Dish of the Month linky that she runs with Sue over at A Little bit of heaven on a plate.
Was a truly lovely cake. Thanks for entering dish of the month, and good luck too.
ReplyDeleteI love caraway seeds and haven't made seed cake for years! I like the idea of the orange icing, great contrast. Thanks for joining us for Dish of the Month.
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