Farmhouse Lard Cake
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INGREDIENTS:
1 lb bread dough 8 ozs lard 4 ozs currants
2 ozs lemon peel 2 ozs sugar



1 Turn dough on to tloured paste-board and roll out until it is about an inch thick; spread 2 ozs of lard on the dough with 2 ozs currants and 1 oz lemon peel, sift over it a little flour and sugar; fold dough over, roll out again and put another 2 ozs lard, 2 ozs currants and 1 oz peel. Repeat the rolling and larding until dough has been rolled out four times.
2 Handle dough lightly and do not press heavily upon it with rolling pin. Bake in a well-greased tin in a moderate oven about one hour. Serve in squares (hot or cold) with butter.

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