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25 - 31 October 2001
Issue No.557
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Sand cake

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

Ingredients:

1/2 cup plain flour
1/3 cup corn flour (not starch)
1/3 cup rice flour or finely ground rice
1 packet baking powder
3 eggs
2 packets vanilla
180 gms butter
2 tbsp. flaked almonds (optional)

Method:

Grease a 20 cm ring pan or a rectangular 26-28 cm. baking pan; lightly floured. Beat butter, vanilla and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer, until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between additions. Transfer mixture to large bowl. fold in sifted flours and baking powder. Spread mixture into prepared pan and sprinkle with flaked almonds. Bake in preheated moderate oven for about 40 minutes. Stand cake for about 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Slice and serve; plain or with ice cream.

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