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Mrs Morton’s marmalade and currant cake
Sue Davies
- Published: 28 July, 2006
The original recipe comes from a notebook kept by the Morton family who ran a bakery in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, between 1890 and 1912.
This recipe, entitled “4d cakes”, indicates how much each 1lb cakes should be sold for; the modern equivalent would be around £1.30.
Makes 10 x 450g/1lb cakes
Margarine or lard - 450g/1lb
Sugar - 900g/2lb
Self-raising flour - 1.3kg/3lb
Currants - 1.12kg/2½lb
Marmalade - 225g/½lb
Milk - 520ml/2 pints
Method
Cream the margarine and the sugar.
Add the other ingredients and stir.
Pour into 800ml/1½-pint loaf tins and sprinkle the top with sugar.
Bake at 170ºC for 50 minutes.
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