Cake, Currant

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904

Source: The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
Yield: 4.0 lb. size
Status: success · extracted 4 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (16)

2lb. of good clarified dripping or marrow fat
2lb. of Demerara sugar ↝ Sugar, turbinado [Sweets]
4lb. of currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
7lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
3oz. of baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a few drops of prepared turmeric
a little butter-milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

1lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a pinch of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a dessertspoonful of baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
4oz. of butter, clarified dripping, or marrow fat ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
4oz. of moist sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
4/5lb. of well-washed and dried currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1oz. of shred candied peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a quarter of a grated nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
milk or water ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (5)

Mix as before, moistening with a little butter-milk.
Bake in a moderate oven for two hours for a 4lb. size.
This makes a really excellent nursery or school cake.
When quite dry and powdery, mix in 4oz. of moist sugar, 4/5lb. of well-washed and dried currants, 1oz. of shred candied peel, and a quarter of a grated nutmeg.
Mix thoroughly to a stiff paste with either milk or water.

Original Text · last edited 4 days ago

Cake, Currant.
—2lb. of good clarified dripping or marrow fat, 2lb. of Demerara sugar, 4lb. of currants, 7lb. of flour, 3oz. of baking powder, and a few drops of prepared turmeric. Mix as before, moistening with a little butter-milk. Bake in a moderate oven for two hours for a 4lb. size. This makes a really excellent nursery or school cake. Or; 1lb. of flour rubbed to crumbs with a pinch of salt, a dessertspoonful of baking powder, and 4oz. of butter, clarified dripping, or marrow fat; when quite dry and powdery, mix in 4oz. of moist sugar, ⅘lb. of well-washed and dried currants, 1oz. of shred candied peel, and a quarter of a grated nutmeg. Mix thoroughly to a stiff paste with either milk or water.

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