._. It turns out all of this time I've been being pushed around by the British consul that I don't need to apply for citizenship and I don't need to pay them any money for that privelege because I already (sort of) have it. Apparently they won't directly give it to me, I have to apply for a passport and "prove" that my parents are British (not very hard, I just need about 50kg of documents according to the papers). So hurra. In a month and a bit I can move (more) freely about the EU. And...

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Traditional British cake, as taught to me by my mother.

Ingredients

Cake
175g self raising flour (all purpose can be used, but to make it self raising, add a pinch of salt and approximately half a teaspoon to a teaspoon of baking powder)
1 tsp baking powder
175g golden caster sugar
3 eggs (on the largish side)
175g butter (soft. leave it out of the refrigerator for an hour or so)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Filling
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