School: Cill Fhínghín (roll number 16222)
- Location:
- Cill Fhínín Mhór, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh
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The Making of Potato Cake (continued)
“A potato cake is made by potatoes, little flour and water.”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- A potato cake is made by boiling the potatoes first. When they are boiled they have to be peeled. They are broken up and are mixed with flour, milk, soda, salt and butter. They are mixed into a cake then. The cake is made into four parts by making a cross on it. It is put down to bake for a half an hour. When it is near baked it is buttered again and it is lovely looking. When it is baked people eat it hot.
Long ago a potato cake was the principal cake on Christmas day. Some of the people that are still living yet make a potato cake very often and that is what they like best. They could not eat much of it because it is very strong.