English Hard Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar (scant)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (unsalted)
• 1/2 cup egg substitute (egg beaters)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts (chopped)
• cinnamon sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f; combine well the flour, baking powder, salt and walnuts --.
• 2 in a separate bowl cream together the butter and sugar until completely combined; add egg beaters to the creamed butter/sugar beating well; add vanilla and stir to mix completely --.
• 3 add dry mixture to this 'wet' mixture, combining well --the resulting mixture should be crumb-like --.
• 4 shape the mixture into balls and arrange in a circle in a greased 9" cake pan (perhaps 6 balls, 5 around and one in the middle).
• 5 by arranging them in this fashion, you'll get an effect similar to scoring you see in scone recipes except this is achieved 'naturally' by the arrangement of the balls --.
• 6 at this time you can sprinkle it with the optional cinnamon sugar (trust me, it's better with the cinnamon sugar!).
• 7 bake in preheated 350°f oven for approximately 50 minute (your time may vary).
• 8 allow me to repeat, this will be hard upon completion and dryish -- it isn't intended to be a moist 'tea' cake (so don't be alarmed).
• 9 serve warm or equally good at room temperature; don't forget to have it with strong hot tea (no herbals) for the full effect!
• 10 suggestions: substitute pecans for the walnuts.