Breton cake recipe

Place 10 ozs of flour in a bowl and make a well in the centre.

Put the sugar, salt, butter, 5 egg yolks and the rum in the well.

Mix and work together add the rest of the flour to form a soft dough.

Butter a 9 ins / 23 cm cake tin.

Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 3cm / 1½ ins, line the tin with the dough.

Brush the last of the egg yolk over the top of the cake.

Make a criss cross pattern with a fork.

Bake for about 40 mins or until golden.

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