Scottish Cooking Marmalade Cake

8 oz SR flour
2 Eggs, beaten
3 oz Caster sugar
4 oz Margarine
1 dr Vanilla essence
2 tb Orange marmalade
1 t Finely grated rind a Orange
2 tb Milk
pinch of Salt

Set oven to 350F or Mark 4. Grease a 6 inch round cake
tin. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Rub in the
margarine until the mixture resembles fine
breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and half the orange
rind and then add the eggs, marmalade, milk and
vanilla essence. Mix well together to the consistency
of a thick batter. Transfer to the tin and bake in the
centre of the oven for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes
until golden in colour or until a skewer inserted into
the cake comes out clean.Sprinkle the remaining orange
rind over the top. Leave in the tin for a few minutes
before turning out on to a wire rack to cool.

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