Old-Fashioned Seed Cake

Name: Old-Fashioned Seed Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 220 millilitres milk; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice ([or apple cider vinegar]); 170 grams margarine or butter ([use one suitable for baking, we used Stork baking spread]); 140 grams granulated sugar ([or castor sugar, [if using the cup measurement, measure out a generous ⅔ of a cup of sugar!]); 210 grams self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 4 teaspoons caraway seeds ([or poppy seeds]); 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 1 pinch salt

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:45min

This Old-Fashioned English Seed Cake is egg-free and dairy-free, but is prepared with everyday pantry ingredients, and has all the flavours and textures of a classic seed cake - soft, spongy, fluffy, moist, sweet, buttery - with similarities to a Madeira or Pound Cake. As this is a Classic English Seed Cake it contains caraway seeds, but if preferred switch these out and go with poppy seeds for an Old-Fashioned Poppy Seed Cake.

Updated at: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:11:39 GMT