Seed Cake

Name: Seed Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g butter, softened; 175g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 225g self-raising flour; 2 tsp caraway seeds; 1 tbsp milk; pinch mace; pinch nutmeg

An old-fashioned British caraway seed cake, fragrant, buttery and properly comforting. Folding the caraway seeds through the batter along with mace and nutmeg is what layers warm spice through every slice, rather than leaving the caraway as isolated pockets of flavour.

Total time

65 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

175gbutter, softened

175gcaster sugar

3eggs

225gself-raising flour

2 tspcaraway seeds

1 tbspmilk

pinchmace

pinchnutmeg

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar until pale.

Beat in eggs one at a time.

Fold in flour, caraway seeds, mace, nutmeg and milk.

Pour into a greased loaf tin.

Bake at 180°C for 45-50 minutes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

774

Protein

11.3g

Fat

42g

Carbs

91.4g

Fiber

3.7g

Sodium

399mg

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