Sica cake recipe

Created by Anneke Mackay-Smith

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Cuisine: Dutch
Prep Time: 20 min(s)
Cook Time: 50 min(s)
Serves 10-12

SBS Dutch radio’s Anneke Mackay-Smith delves into her grandmother’s cookbook and discovers this recipe for sica cake. Best described as an old fashioned fruit cake with apple and pear laced with honey, this cake is perfect for afternoon tea, or eaten for dessert with ice-cream. Here she’s describing the recipe to her SBS Radio colleague Yvonne Davis.

Ingredients

1 apple, peeled, cored, cut into quarters
1 pear, peeled, cored, cut into quarters
2 eggs, separated
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup milk
2 cups self-raising flour
60g melted butter

Honey syrup
2 tsp honey
1 tsp sugar
3 tsp water

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Preparation

Preheat oven to 190°C. Grease a cake pan and dust with flour.

Use a sharp knife to cut into the apple and pear slices (don't cut all the way through), creating a fan-like effect.

Heat the honey, sugar and water in a saucepan, stirring well. Bring to the boil and reduce to a thick syrup.

Pour the honey syrup over the apple and pear, reserving 1 teaspoon, and set aside.

Whip egg whites until firm. Mix in the egg yolks. Gradually add the brown sugar, mixing well in between additions.

Stir in the milk, and add the flour and melted butter. Mix carefully and pour the cake batter into the prepared tin.

Push the drained apple and pear segments into the batter, with the fan-like side exposed.

Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes. Remove from oven. Set the cake aside to cool slightly before turning it out onto a plate.

Drizzle over the remaining honey syrup to serve.

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