Soda Cake

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Yield
2.0 small cakes
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (7)
Instructions (11)
  1. Rub the butter into the flour.
  2. Add the currants and sugar, and mix these ingredients well together.
  3. Whisk the eggs well.
  4. Stir the whisked eggs into the flour mixture with the milk, in which the soda should be previously dissolved.
  5. Beat the whole up together with a wooden spoon or beater until extremely well beaten.
  6. Divide the dough into two pieces.
  7. Put the pieces into buttered moulds or cake-tins.
  8. Place immediately in a moderate oven and bake for nearly an hour.
  9. Do not allow the mixture to stand after the soda is added.
  10. To ascertain if the cakes are done, thrust a knife into the middle of them; if the blade looks bright when withdrawn, they are done.
  11. If the tops acquire too much colour before the inside is sufficiently baked, cover them over with a piece of clean white paper to prevent them from burning.
Original Text
SODA-CAKE. 1781. INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of flour, 1/2 lb. of currants, 1/2 lb. of moist sugar, 1 teacupful of milk, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. Mode.—Rub the butter into the flour, add the currants and sugar, and mix these ingredients well together. Whisk the eggs well, stir them to the flour, &c., with the milk, in which the soda should be previously dissolved, and beat the whole up together with a wooden spoon or beater. Divide the dough into two pieces, put them into buttered moulds or cake-tins, and bake in a moderate oven for nearly an hour. The mixture must be extremely well beaten up, and not allowed to stand after the soda is added to it, but must be placed in the oven immediately. Great care must also be taken that the cakes are quite done through, which may be ascertained by thrusting a knife into the middle of them: if the blade looks bright when withdrawn, they are done. If the tops acquire too much colour before the inside is sufficiently baked, cover them over with a piece of clean white paper, to prevent them from burning. Time.—1 hour. Average cost, 1s. 6d. Sufficient to make 2 small cakes. Seasonable at any time.
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