A NICE PLUM CAKE

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (8)
  1. Put the flour into a basin with the sugar, currants, and sliced candied peel.
  2. Beat the butter to a cream.
  3. Mix all these ingredients together with the milk.
  4. Stir the ammonia into 2 tablespoonfuls of milk.
  5. Add the ammonia mixture to the dough.
  6. Beat the whole well, until everything is thoroughly mixed.
  7. Put the dough into a buttered tin.
  8. Bake the cake from 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Original Text
A NICE PLUM CAKE. 1769. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of butter, 1/2 lb. of sugar, 1/2 lb. of currants, 2 oz. of candied lemon-peel, 1/2 pint of milk, 1 teaspoonful of ammonia or carbonate of soda. Mode.—Put the flour into a basin with the sugar, currants, and sliced candied peel; beat the butter to a cream, and mix all these ingredients together with the milk. Stir the ammonia into 2 tablespoonfuls of milk and add it to the dough, and beat the whole well, until everything is thoroughly mixed. Put the dough into a buttered tin, and bake the cake from 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Time.—1-1/2 to 2 hours. Average cost, 1s. 3d. Seasonable at any time.
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