Recipes · British · Bakery
Hevva Cake (Cornish Heavy Cake)
One serving has 297 kcal and 4 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (23%). Ready in 48 minutes.
- Preparation: 20 min
- Cooking: 28 min
- Makes: 1 serving (75.2 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Contains: dairy, gluten, pork
Ingredients
- 28 g Plain flour
- 0.2 g Salt
- 7 g Butter, unsalted, cold
- 7 g Lard, cold
- 8 g Caster sugar
- 15.5 g Currants
- 9.5 g Whole milk
Method
- Heat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F) and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter and lard into small pieces and rub them into the flour with your fingertips until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs.
- Stir in all but a tablespoon of the sugar, and the currants, then add the milk, keeping back a tablespoon or two, and mix with a knife to a soft but not sticky dough. Bring it together with your hands; don't knead it.
- Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about 22 × 30 cm and 1.5 cm thick, and lift it onto the tray. Score a criss-cross pattern over the top with the back of a knife, like a fishing net, cutting only a few millimetres in.
- Brush the top with the milk you kept back and sprinkle over the rest of the sugar. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until it is golden brown on top and firm at the edges; it stays a little soft in the middle, which is how a heavy cake should be.
- Leave it to cool on the tray for 15 minutes, then cut it into 16 squares. Eat it warm or cold, on the day or the next.
- Makes 16 squares; the amounts are for one serving, so multiply every ingredient by 16 for the whole cake.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 297 kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 41.8 g | |
| Water | 15.6 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.4 g | 5% |
| Protein | 3.8 g | 8% |
| Tryptophan | 0.04 g | |
| Threonine | 0.09 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.12 g | |
| Leucine | 0.23 g | |
| Lysine | 0.09 g | |
| Methionine | 0.06 g | |
| Cystine | 0.06 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.16 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.11 g | |
| Valine | 0.14 g | |
| Histidine | 0.08 g | |
| Fat | 13.3 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 4.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.1 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.97 g | |
| Saturated | 6.5 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 22.6 mg | |
| Calcium | 30.4 mg | 3% |
| Copper | 0.09 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 1.6 mg | 9% |
| Magnesium | 12.8 mg | 4% |
| Manganese | 0.25 mg | 14% |
| Phosphorus | 55.3 mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 165 mg | 4% |
| Selenium | 10.1 µg | 18% |
| Sodium | 89.7 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.3 mg | 4% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.25 mg | 23% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.18 mg | 16% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.9 mg | 14% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.17 mg | 3% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.06 mg | 5% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 53.5 µg | 13% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.05 µg | 2% |
| Choline | 7.8 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 52.9 µg | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 0.73 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 12 IU | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 0.29 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 1.1 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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