【BBC紀錄片】老媽私房菜 第55期:水果蛋糕

In ancient Greece, on feast days people would offer around cake to the moon goddess Artemis,and then,put candles on it to recreate the moon's glow.

在古希臘的慶典上，人們會向月亮女神祭上圓形蛋糕，然后插上蠟燭代筆月亮的光輝。

But Yvonne's got her own special birthday offering.

但約娜由她自己的祭品。

Fruitcake. A special fruitcake.Right.What sort of special fruitcake?

水果蛋糕，特殊的。有多特別。

It's special because this has been in our family for over 30 years.Oh, brill! Is it complicated?Soeasy to make.

因為在我們家有三十年的歷史了。天哪，那做起來復雜嗎?不，很簡單。

Right, so what we need to do now is cream the margarine and the sugar together.So howabout you doing it, Si?I know you'll do a good job.

首先冰淇淋，糖攪勻，西蒙你來做怎么樣，我知道你很拿手

Once the mixture has been creamed,five eggs are added to help it rise and keep the cake freshfor longer.

攪拌完成后，打入五顆雞蛋幫助發(fā)酵，也可以讓蛋糕保存更長時間

And it's back to you,the human whisk.

交給你了，真人攪拌機

He comes with attachments as well,you know.Does he? Oh, aye. A jaw attachment.Put him insome tight jeans and he's a mincer.

他的功能可多了。真的嗎?還附帶吃飯功能。穿上緊身牛仔褲他就成了絞肉機

Yvonne gradually adds the flour.This is a very simple recipe for a great fruitcake,and not justfor birthdays,but for any celebration.

逐漸加入面粉，這么簡單的食譜做出如此美妙的蛋糕，而且不僅可以在生日吃，任何慶祝時刻都可以吃

So what we need to do now is pour the fruit in.

現(xiàn)在倒入水果

Fruitcakes are considered a British classic dating from the 13th Century,when dry fruit startedto be imported from the Mediterranean countries.

水果蛋糕是典型的英國烘焙，自從13世紀開始，干果開始從地中海國家傳入英國

It was in Victorian Britain that we really started to make birthday cakes.A bit like Christmascards and Valentine's cards, you know, in Victorian times.

那時正是維多利亞時期人們開始吃生日蛋糕，就像圣誕、情人節(jié)卡片

But then they used to put things in the cakes, like money,and they used to put a thimble in.

人們把錢幣放進去，縫紉用的頂針

So if you got the coins, that was lucky,it meant you were going to be prosperous.

吃到錢意味財源滾滾

If you got the thimble, it would mean you were going to stay single.

吃到頂針則代表一直單身

So you can imagine all these Victorian spinsters:"Oh, not the thimble again!" Right.

所以那時的單身女士都會說，別再吃到頂針了

So what we need to add now is the brandy. That's a generous measure.

現(xiàn)在加入白蘭地。量很足嘛

But it does also keep the fruitcake nice and moist as well. Yeah.

這樣可以讓水果蛋糕散發(fā)香味，并且保持濕潤

And it acts as a preservative so you can keep the cake for a long time, can't you?That's it.

也能防腐幫助蛋糕存放很久。是的

So now it goes into the tin.

現(xiàn)在倒入模具

And into the oven for two and a half hours.

放入烤箱兩個半小時