This traditional British Lardy Cake recipe is from Mary-Anne Boermans' wonderful Great British Bakes cookbook. A perfect mid-afternoon treat with a hot cup of tea.

This lovely, nostalgic bake is a cross between a Danish pastry and a bread. Combining sugar, lard, butter and fruit, it’s a British classic that has been around for hundreds of years.

Recipe, ingredients and cooking instructions for making Wiltshire Lardy Cake also known as Shaley Cake (traditional English / British food and recipes)

A traditional pastry from the rural countryside of England's West Country, these currant-studded lardy cakes, baked to caramelized perfection, offer a true taste of 19th century baking.

This lardy cake recipe from Victoria Glass is a traditional British favourite.

Lardy cake. Yes, as the name suggests this is indeed a cake made with lard. Are you putting your apron on yet? I read cookbooks all the time.....even in bed (I feel like I should say my name first and be holding my hand up making that admission....) One of my bedtime favs is Nigel Slater. In his wonderful Eating for England he mentions lardy cake. "The thin layer of grease that forms on your fingers, and more to the point licking it off, is all part of the attraction". Now I dont have a…

The Bread Baking Babes welcome mid-December with a sweet and delicious Modern Lardy Cake. The cake used to be baked with lard, but the modern version uses butter. Ever the iconclast, I baked it with lard, using a recipe from The River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel Stevens, mostly because my niece was able to get fresh rendered lard from the store in San Francisco where she is a manager; Bi-Rite Market. Thank you T! We had a great time baking together and the resulting Lardy Cake was moist…

From the GBBO recipe book, these traditional lardy cakes have a sweet, crispy outer and lightly spiced filling. Serve warm with homemade cinnamon sugar.

A traditional lardy cake recipe made with enriched dough, dried fruit, and cinnamon. This spiced fruity treat has a distinct flavour without being too sweet.

Cooking time: approx. 45 mins. Preparation time: 25 mins. plus 15 mins. stage 1, 1 -1/2 hours first rising, 30-40 mins. second rising. Main cooking utensil: oblong cake pan 12 by 7 ins. or 8-in. sp…