Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
6 - 12 July 2000
Issue No. 489
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Armenian nutmeg cake

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

Ingredients:


2 cups plain all-purpose flour
1 packet baking powder
1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1tsp ground nutmeg
125gms butter

Method:

Grease a 20x30cm baking pan. Sift flour, baking powder and nutmeg into a large bowl. Add butter and sugar. Process these ingredients until crumbly. Press 1 1/2 cups of this mixture into prepared pan. Stir combined soda and milk into remaining dry ingredients with egg and nuts. Mix well. Pour into prepared pan over dry mixture. Bake in moderate preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes. Stand five minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.

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