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Brummie Breakfast Cake Recipe

Brummie Breakfast Cake
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Brummie Breakfast Cake

Wow! How did this recipe (sometimes called Brummie Bacon Cake) become lost in time? It's truly delicious hot or cold. A cake mix with crispy bacon and cheddar cheese. Top it off with some more crumbled cheese and bake for 30 minutes. British food doesn't get any better than this.

INGREDIENTS

225g / 8oz Self-raising flour

3 slices Streaky bacon - smoked or not smoked according to your taste

85g / 3 oz Cheddar cheese or similar

28g / 1 oz Butter

150ml / 5 fl oz Milk

1 tablespoon Tomato ketchup

¼ teaspoon Salt

Dash of Worcestershire sauce (Lea and Perrins)

1 tablespoon Milk for coating cake

Nutrition information per portion
 
PREPARATION TIME
: 5 minutes
 
COOKING TIME: 45 minutes
 
DIFFICULTY: Easy
 
FREEZE: No
 
SERVINGS: 4 good sized slices
 
EQUIPMENT: Baking tray

PREPARATION

Sift the flour, grate the cheese and chop the butter into small pieces.

ADVICE FOR BRUMMIE BREAKFAST CAKE

This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe found in a very old Woman's Institute cook book. We don't normally recommend recipes from far back but this one looked good and we gave it a try. It's truly delicious! It can form the centre piece to a full English breakfast or can be eaten cold as a savoury cake. Both are a real treat.

The recipe originates from the Birmingham area (England). It's a true British recipe with traditional ingredients of cheese and bacon.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Fry the streaky bacon on a medium heat until the fat has crisped up. This normally takes around ten to fifteen minutes depending on the heat.

Fried streaky bacon
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Fried streaky bacon

STEP 2

Cut the cooked bacon into smallish pieces and put to one side. Start the oven pre-heating to 200°C / fan 180°C / 400°F / Gas Mark 6.

Cut up cooked streaky bacon
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Cut up cooked streaky bacon

STEP 3

Sieve the flour into a bowl, add the salt and butter. Using the tips of your fingers, mix the flour into the butter until all the butter lumps are blended in.

Mix the ketchup, milk and Worcestershire sauce in different bowl. Add the liquid mix, bacon and just over a third of the cheese to the flour mixture and mix well to a dough.

Brummie Breakfast Cake uncooked mixture
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Brummie Breakfast Cake uncooked mixture

STEP 4

Scatter lots of flour on a flat surface, take the dough out of the bowl and roll it into a ball with all areas of the dough being covered with flour. This will harden the dough and stop it sticking.

Roll it out to an 18 cm (7 in) thick circle. Brush the top with milk and spread the remaining cheese over the top. Place in the pre-heated oven on a greased baking tray.

Brummie Breakfast Cake ready to cook
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Brummie Breakfast Cake ready to cook

STEP 5

Remove from the oven after 30 minutes. Cut into four portions and serve. Traditionally it was served with eggs and beans to make an extremely satisfying breakfast.

Cooked Brummie Breakfast Cake
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Cooked Brummie Breakfast Cake

1 RATINGS GIVEN - AVERAGE 4.5 star rating
4.5 star rating
18 September 2022
From: Jamie
Crunchy and delicious cheese topping, a winner for me.
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