Courting Cake - a Traditional Northern Love Token
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Lancashire Courting Cake - For your Valentine
In Winter the cake is filled with raspberry or strawberry jam and has a shortbread base. In summer, when fruit is available, the cake was traditionally filled with lightly bruised, or over-ripe strawberries or raspberries.
This cake is a real favourite in our family. The shortbread version is eaten by us all year round and especially when grandchildren are visiting.
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Courting Cake Recipe - Shortbread version
- Serves: 4
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- 8 oz (227g) Self Raising Flour
- 4 oz (113g) Margarine or Butter
- 4 oz (113g) Caster Sugar
- One small egg
- Raspberry Jam
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2-3 tblsp milk
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/ gas mark 5.
Measure out the ingredients
Add the flour and sugar to a mixing bowl
Rub the fat into the flour and sugar
Bind the mixture with one egg until it is like dough
Divide the mixture into two
Roll out each half on a floured board, so that they are flat and quite thin
Cover one half thinly with jam
Roll the second piece around the rolling pin in order to place it to cover the first jam covered slice
Place on a flat greased baking tray
Bake for 20-25 minutes
When cool, cut out two hearts (or more) and place one on top of the other to make a heart sandwich or serve as a flat jam sandwich.
Summer Courting Cake Recipe
- Serves: 16
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb (227g) butter
- 1/2 lb (227g) caster sugar
- 4 beaten eggs
- 3/4 lb (340g) self-raising flour
- 2 -3 tablespoons milk
- 10 fluid ounces(284 ml) heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 lb (227D) strawberry
- confectioners' sugar to decorate
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 190°C/375°F.
Grease and line the bases of three 7-inch round cake tins.
Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
Gradually add the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the flour, and then add enough milk to give a soft dropping consistency.
Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared tins and bake for 25-30 minutes, until well risen and firm to the touch, swapping the position of the top and bottom cakes halfway through the cooking.
Turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Whip the cream until it just holds its shape.
Sandwich the cakes together with the cream and the strawberries, reserving a few for decoration.
Dredge the top with icing sugar and decorate with the reserved strawberries.
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Here, this version of courting cakes has been shrunk to handy, cupcake-size portions.Courtesy of Lorraine Pascale
The Guardian, Saturday 7 May 2011
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William and Kate presented with Courting Cake
In April 2011, a Lancashire Courting Cake was presented to Prince William and Kate Middleton on their visit to Darwen, Lancashire. It had been created by staff at Self Unlimited, which helps people with learning disabilities. They run the café at the pavilion at Witton Park in Darwen - one of the Royal couple's stopping off points.Read the full story here Lancashire Life
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alwaysjules Feb 15, 2012 @ 2:17 pm | delete
- Great lens, and i love the story behind it. Congratulations for making it on the DELICIOUS Valentines Recipe board! Well deserved! Thanks for sharing such a beautiful and yummy lens!
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resabi Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:38 pm | delete
- Delicious looking cakes and I love the tradition. I'm adding it to my Welsh Lovespoons lens because the traditions blend so well. Blessed.
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Jan 26, 2012 @ 3:25 pm | delete
- What a lovely and delicious tradition. Thank you for the recipe and for introducing me to such a wonderful way of expressing affection.
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