Deniliquin: Pa's Favourite Cake

We were very lucky and had a visit from Rex while we have been Deniliquin. Not only were the kids super excited to see their Pa, but Rex also babysat the kids while we went to a fundraising cocktail party in town. So to celebrate Pa's visit, his recent birthday and to thank him for looking after the kids, I decided to make Pa's favourite cake; Jubilee Cake (an old childhood favourite from Adelaide). I enlisted the help of Sas and Jarvis and set to work. The result was up to scratch (as taste tested by Pa), but personally I think a Jubilee Cake is a bit of a glorified scone. However, Pa and the kids thought it was top notch and that's the most important thing. I've included some photos of the process (lots of spoon licking was undertaken) and the old family recipe, word for word as supplied by Pa.

JUBILEE CAKE (MALIN FAMILY RECIPE)

• One & a half cups of self raising flour
• pinch of salt
• 2 oz of margarine / butter
• 1 cup of fruit (sultanas, peel, currents)     
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon castor sugar
• half cup milk......+  if mixture too dry add 1,2 or 3 tablespoons of water

rub marg / butter into flour well,

add fruit mix into flour

beat egg & sugar, add milk then add to mixture

place in oven at 375 degrees for 25/30 minutes,  reduce heat if necessary

prick with your little wire pricking thing, looking for sticky / moist

if so revealed, put back in oven @ reduced heat for a couple of minutes then turn oven off

grease your cake tray, use a long thin tray, say 10 inches by about 3 inches type of thing

   

ICING:

• Half cup icing sugar
• 2 small teaspoon butter / marg
• few drops of vanilla
• few drops of lemon essence

add by teaspoon, boiling water, small amounts, to slightly flowing consistency

The icing is sort of "drizzled" over cake as apposed to usual knife application. not too much drizzle, just drippy looking.