{"id":2333,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:56","slug":"mince-meat-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/mince-meat-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mince Meat Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 ounces soft, unsalted butter<br \/>\n1 large egg<br \/>\n3 ounces plain flour; white or wheat<br \/>\n2 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n4 ounces mincemeat<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. brandy<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 350. Butter and flour an 8 inch tin. Cream the butter then beat in the  egg and stir until well blended. Sift the flour with the baking powder into the butter and  egg mixture and fold together until the flour disappears. Gently fold in the mincemeat  and then stir in the brandy. Smooth into the prepared tin and bake in the oven until risen  and golden (about 25 minutes). If you wish to make a larger cake, use a loaf tin and just  double the recipe, and bake in a slightly hotter oven for about 35 minutes. Ice with 3  ounce icing sugar mixed with 1 Tbls. of fresh orange juice. Dribble this over the top  of the cake.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.&quot; (Matthew 5:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/mince-meat-cake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}