4
oz flour
4 oz cornflour (cornstarch) or
rice flour
4 oz butter
4 oz caster sugar (fine granulated
sugar)
Pinch of bicarbonate of soda
Level teaspoon of grated lemon
rind
2 eggs
Icing sugar (frosting) for dusting
method:
Cream the butter and sugar
together until it is pale and
creamy. Beat the eggs well.
Add the sifted flour, bicarbonate
of soda, lemon rind and the
beaten eggs in small amounts
to the butter and sugar and
ensure that they are well combined
each time. Turn the dough onto
a floured surface and after
shaking a little flour on top,
roll out to about a half to
a quarter inch thick. Cut into
biscuit/cookie sized rounds
with a scalloped pastry cutter
(if you have one) . Place in
a well greased/oiled baking
tray and cook in a pre-heated
oven at 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6
for 20/25 minutes until light
golden colour. Adjust the cooking
time if you have a fan-assisted
electric oven. Cool on a wire
rack and dust with icing sugar/frosting
when cool. Store in an airtight
container.
observations:
Named
after the ruined castle of Tantallon
in East Lothian, these are not cakes
at all but a variation on shortbread.
Traditionally, they were cut with a
scalloped edged cutter.