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Bilbo Baggins Seed Cakes
Feast of Starlight

The Hobbit: Bilbo's Seed Cakes

Bilbo's Seed Cakes Recipe by Feast of Starlight April-30-2015 A recipe for Bilbo Baggin's Seed Cakes from Tolkien's The Hobbit.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 180 g - butter room temp.
  • 180 g - granulated sugar
  • 3 - eggs large
  • 1 tsp - vanilla extract
  • 1 - large lemon zest
  • 200 g - all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp - baking powder
  • 1 tsp - salt
  • 100 g - almond meal
  • 1 1/2 tbsp - caraway seeds

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. With paddle attachment, mixer butter and sugar until pale.
  3. Add lemon zest and vanilla extract. Mix and scrape.
  4. Whisk the eggs in a bowl and slowly stream the eggs into the mix on medium speed. Mix until well combined.
  5. Add the almond meal in two additions.
  6. Add the sifted flour, baking powder, and salt in three additions. Make sure to scrape the bottom and side of the bowl in between each addition.
  7. Add your caraway seeds and mix until combined.
  8. Scoop the batter into lightly greased mini loaf pans, or small cake rounds, until it/s 3/4 of the way full.
  9. Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
  10. Cool on cooling rack and serve with some fresh cream and jam.