Armenian Love Cake
2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
A pinch of salt
125 grams butter, chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
½ cup roughly chopped golden walnuts
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
Line a cake tin with baking paper. (I like to use a heart-shaped tin, but any kind will do.)
Sift the flour, baking powder, brown sugar and salt into a large bowl. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until the mixture is crumbly. Place half of this mixture in the cake tin.
In a separate bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the milk, then add the egg and nutmeg. Combine the remaining dry mixture with the wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour this on top of the dry mixture in your cake tin. Cover the top with the chopped walnuts.
Bake for about one hour. You can test to see if it is cooked by inserting a skewer. If the skewer comes out clean, the cake is cooked.
When cooked, remove the cake from oven and leave in the tin for about 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or cold.
Best shared with friends and eaten in peace.
Books by Glenda Millard
When the Angels Came
Bringing Reuben Home
The Novice
Angel Breath
Mrs Wiggins’ Wartymelons
Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle
The Kingdom of Silk series:
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
Layla, Queen of Hearts
Perry Angel’s Suitcase
All the Colours of Paradise
Plum Puddings and Paper Moons
The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk
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First published in Australia in 2010
This edition published in 2012
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Millard, Glenda.
Plum puddings and paper moons / Glenda Millard; illustrator, Stephen Michael King.
ISBN: 978 0 7333 2866 4 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978 1 74309 766 3 (epub)
Millard, Glenda / Kingdom of silk; 5.
ABC Books division.
Christmas stories.
King, Stephen Michael.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
A823.3
Cover illustration by Stephen Michael King
Cover design by Margaret Hamilton, adapted by Louise McGeachie