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He instructs to make his Queen’s Cakes with currants, washed, picked and rubbed clean, and flavourings which are a little Mace and orange flower water. He also uses a pound each of butter, flour, sugar and currants but about 5 modern eggs, omitting half the whites.
Essentially they are small individual cakes . . . composed of local fresh and honest ingredients . . . butter, sugar, flour and eggs . . . and lots of sweet, little dried currants. You must not leave these out. One of these without currants . . . is not technically . . . a Queen Cake.
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Butter a 12 hole patty pan, or 8 heart shaped pans. Line the bottoms of the heart tins with baking paper, and the patty pans with paper cases. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, eating well after each addition.
Mix together the Flour, Baking powder and the Salt in a large Bowl. Add the 2 Eggs one at a time whipping it together at each addition then add the zest of the Lemon together with the vanilla extract.
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