WHITE CAKE

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
Source
Modern cookery for private families
Time
Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
Status
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (9)
  1. Beat half a pound of fresh butter to a cream.
  2. Add to it an equal weight of dried and sifted sugar.
  3. Add the yolks and whites of eight eggs, separately whisked.
  4. Add two ounces of candied orange-peel.
  5. Add half a teaspoonful of mace.
  6. Add a glass of brandy.
  7. Add one pound of flour strewed in by degrees.
  8. Add last of all a pound and a quarter of currants.
  9. Directly it is mixed send the cake to a well-heated oven, and bake it for two hours.
Original Text
WHITE CAKE. Beat half a pound of fresh butter to a cream, add to it an equal weight of dried and sifted sugar, the yolks and whites of eight eggs, separately whisked, two ounces of candied orange-peel, half a teaspoonful of mace, a glass of brandy, one pound of flour strewed in by degrees, and last of all a pound and a quarter of currants. Directly it is mixed send the cake to a well-heated oven, and bake it for two hours. Four ounces of pounded almonds are sometimes added to it. 547Butter, 1/2 lb.; sugar, 1/2 lb.; eggs, 8; mace, 1/2 teaspoonful; brandy, 1 wineglassful; flour, 1 lb.; candied-peel, 2 oz.; currants, 1-1/2 lb.: 2 hours.
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