Sherry Cake (or Sand Cake)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces margarine
• 8 ounces caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 ounces self-raising flour
• 2 ounces ground almonds
• 6 ounces rice flour
• 1 tablespoon sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 cream together the margarine and sugar.
• 2 beat in three eggs one at a time.
• 3 fold in flour, ground almonds and ground rice.
• 4 add sherry.
• 5 put in a greased and lined 2lb (1 kg.) loaf tin or 7" (18 cm) cake tin.
• 6 bake in centre of oven, 315°f (160°c), gas mark nearly 3 for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hrs.