Date Rock Cakes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Flour
- 3 ozs dates chopped
- 1.5 ozs sugar
- 1.5 ozs margarine
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
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Rub the fat and flour together
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Add the sugar, baking powder and chopped dates
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Stir in enough milk to make a stiff mixture
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Add bicarbonate of soda
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Pile helps of mixture onto greased baking tray and bake for 20-30 minutes.
Recipe Notes
The original recipes were published within The Kitchen Front (122 Wartime recipes broadcast by Frederick Grisewood, Mable Constandurous and others, specially selected by the Ministry of Food. My copy was originally published in 1942 and cost 6D.
