Vallý's Christmas cake
- From
- Vallý
- Oven
- 180 °C180 °C (350 °F)
Ingredients
- 200 g butter, softened7 oz butter, softened
- 250 g sugar9 oz sugar
- 500 g plain flour1 lb plain flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1½ capfuls cardamom essence
- 2½ dl milk1 cup milk
- 1½ tsp lemon essence
Method
- Heat the oven to 180°C and grease two tins.Heat the oven to 350 °F and grease two tins.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time.
- Mix the flour and baking powder and add alternately with the milk. Stir in the cardamom and lemon essence.
- Divide the batter between 2 tins (not large ones, e.g. loaf tins) and bake at 180°C for 1 hour.Divide the batter between 2 tins (not large ones, e.g. loaf tins) and bake at 350 °F for 1 hour.
As she wrote it

Jólakaka.
(Vallý)
200gr. smjör — 250gr. sykur
500gr. hveiti — 4tsk. lyftid.
2 egg — 1 1/2 tappi Kardim.dr
2 1/2 dl. mjólk — 1 1/2 tsk. sítrdr
180°c. 1klst. 2(ekki stór) form