PORTUGAL CAKES
FOR THE CAKES:
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 pound butter
1 tablespoon rose water or sherry
1 dash mace
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 cup currants, blueberries or cranberries
FOR THE SUGAR SYRUP:
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
TO MAKE THE CAKES:
Combine sugar and flour. Cream the butter into the sugar mixture. Combine 1/2 of the sugar and flour mixture with the rose water or sherry and mace. Add eggs and egg yolk and the rest of the flour mixture. Mix. Dough will be thick. Stir in fruit.
TO MAKE THE SUGAR SYRUP:
In a small pot, heat the sugar and water for syrup until the sugar is dissolved.
TO BAKE:
Fill cupcake pans 3/4 full with cake batter. Pour a small amount of syrup over each cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until brown and cakes test done.
Makes 18 large cupcakes
Source: Newspaper Clipping
FOR THE CAKES:
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 pound butter
1 tablespoon rose water or sherry
1 dash mace
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 cup currants, blueberries or cranberries
FOR THE SUGAR SYRUP:
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
TO MAKE THE CAKES:
Combine sugar and flour. Cream the butter into the sugar mixture. Combine 1/2 of the sugar and flour mixture with the rose water or sherry and mace. Add eggs and egg yolk and the rest of the flour mixture. Mix. Dough will be thick. Stir in fruit.
TO MAKE THE SUGAR SYRUP:
In a small pot, heat the sugar and water for syrup until the sugar is dissolved.
TO BAKE:
Fill cupcake pans 3/4 full with cake batter. Pour a small amount of syrup over each cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until brown and cakes test done.
Makes 18 large cupcakes
Source: Newspaper Clipping
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