Old Fashioned Sultana Cake Food

SULTANA CAKE

Steps:

• Put all sultanas in a large pot and cover with water, boil gently for 5 minutes.
• Strain sultanas in a colander then put sultanas back in pot.
• Add butter, stir and leave to cool.
• beat eggs in with the sugar then add to sultana mix then add essence, 2 large cups plain flour and the baking powder.
• Mix well with wooden spoon till combined.
• Line 9x9in cake tin (or other suitable tin)with greased paper on bottom and sides.
• Bake in 190 celsius oven for 30-45 mins till knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
• Ice with one layer of almond icing and one layer of royal icing and decorate as desired.

OLD FASHIONED BOILED SULTANA CAKE

Steps:

• Place butter, sultana's, sugar and water in saucepan, bring to the boil, cover and let simmer for 3 minutes.
• Allow to cool.
• Add the eggs one at a time, then sifted flours and baking powder.
• Mix, pour into a lined 7" x 8" (18 x 20cm) square tin.
• Bake at 180 celcius or until a skewer comes out clean.

OLD-FASHIONED SULTANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 150°C and grease a 20cm square or round cake tin.
• Pick over the sultanas to remove any stem- nothing worse than a crunch in your cake.
• Place sultanas in a saucepan and cover them with cold water. Bring to the boil and then drain off the water. Return sultanas to saucepan.
• Stir in the chopped butter and set aside the sultanas to cool.
• Beat together the eggs, essence and sugar. Then add in the sultanas.
• Add your flour and baking powder to another mixing bowl and aerate with a kitchen whisk (or you can sift them together).
• Stir the flour into the sultana mix.
• Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 1 1/2 hours.