Trench Cake Recipe 👉 So grab what you need from the kitchen and lets start cooking. I made this cake using my grannys wartime bowl and the blog is peppered.
4 cups mixed dried fruit 2 to 3 cups should be golden raisins for the classic taste 1 cup self-rising flour 1 400 g tin sweetened condensed milk ½ cup water 1 egg 1 dash rum or brandy optional. Take a small cake tin from the pantry. Trench cake is called and despite the name its quite delicious healthy nutritious and stupidly easy to make.
Indeed the trench cakes history can be traced back to the war to end all wars.
Mar 1 2017 - World War One Trench Cake Rich chocolate sponge with golden buttercream and raspberry jam filling Covered in Chocolate buttercream Figures and trench made from. Ingredients 8 oz225g plain flour 4 oz110g margarine 3 oz75g currants 2 teaspoons cocoa 12 teaspoon baking soda 3 oz75g brown sugar 1 teaspoon vinegar 14 pint milk Suggested extra flavourings nutmeg ginger grated lemon zest. Mix flour and cocoa together in a medium bowl. Rub margarine into the flour with your fingers in a bowl.