Family Slab Cake

Name: Family Slab Cake
Ingredients: 8 ozs. McDougall’s Self-raising Flour; 1/4 teaspoonful Salt; 2 Eggs; 2 level tablespoonfuls warmed Golden Syrup; 1 heaped teaspoonful Ground Ginger; 3 ozs. Lard or Margarine; 2 ozs. Sugar; 4 ozs. Chopped Dates (optional); 1/4 pint Milk

From McDougall's cookery book, 1950

This mixture may be put into small baking cases and baked for 20 mins. or into a greased covered basin and steamed for 14 hrs. for a pudding.

Presented as published in 1950. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from McDougall's cookery book (1950) by McDougall's Ltd, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FAMILY SLAB CAKE 8 ozs. McDougall’s Self-raising Flour. 1/4 teaspoonful Salt. 2 Eggs. 2 level tablespoonfuls warmed Golden Syrup. 1 heaped teaspoonful Ground Ginger. 3 ozs. Lard or Margarine. 2 ozs. Sugar. 4 ozs. Chopped Dates (optional). 1/4 pint Milk

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