Tantalion cakes

Yield: 1 cake

Measure Ingredient
4 ounces Flour
4 ounces Cornflour or rice flour
4 ounces Butter
4 ounces Caster sugar
\N pinch Bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon Lemon rind; grated
2 \N Eggs; beaten
\N \N Icing sugar for dusting

Set oven to 375øF or Mark 5. Grease a Baking sheet. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add the sifted flours, bicarbonate of soda, lemon rind and the beaten eggs in small amounts, ensuring that the mixture is well combined each time. Turn out the dough on to a floured surFace, knead gently and roll out to ½ inch thickness. Cut into rounds with a 2½ inch pastry cutter. Transfer to the baking sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until light golden in colour.

Cool on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar. ** Scottish Tea-Time Recipes -- Johanna Mathie ** ** ISBN = 1 898435 18 9 ** Posted by The WEE Scot -- Paul MacGregor Submitted By PAUL MACGREGOR On 07-13-95

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