A NICE PLAIN CAKE

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put the flour and baking-powder into a basin; stir those together.
  2. Rub in the dripping, add the sugar, caraway seeds, and currants.
  3. Whisk the eggs with the milk.
  4. Beat all together very thoroughly until the ingredients are well mixed.
  5. Butter a tin, put in the cake, and bake it from 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  6. Let the dripping be quite clean before using: to insure this, it is a good plan to clarify it.
Original Text
A NICE PLAIN CAKE. 1766. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1 teaspoonful of Borwick's baking-powder, 1/4 lb. of good dripping, 1 teacupful of moist sugar, 3 eggs, 1 breakfast-cupful of milk, 1 oz. of caraway seeds, 1/2 lb. of currants. Mode.—Put the flour and baking-powder into a basin; stir those together; then rub in the dripping, add the sugar, caraway seeds, and currants; whisk the eggs with the milk, and beat all together very thoroughly until the ingredients are well mixed. Butter a tin, put in the cake, and bake it from 11/2 to 2 hours. Let the dripping be quite clean before using: to insure this, it is a good plan to clarify it. Beef dripping is better than any other for cakes, &c., as mutton dripping frequently has a very unpleasant flavour, which would be imparted to the preparation. Time.—1-1/2 to 2 hours. Average cost, 1s. Seasonable at any time.
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