Queen-Cakes

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

1 lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 lb. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2 lb. of pounded loaf sugar
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 teacupful of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
1/2 lb. of currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
essence of lemon, or almonds to taste ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]

for flavouring

Grated lemon-rind ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]

Instructions (6)

Work the butter to a cream.
Dredge in the flour, add the sugar and currants, and mix the ingredients well together.
Whisk the eggs, mix them with the cream and flavouring, and stir these to the flour.
Add the carbonate of soda, beat the paste well for 10 minutes.
Put the paste into small buttered pans.
Bake the cake from 1/4 to 1/2 hour.

Original Text

QUEEN-CAKES.

1773. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/2 lb. of butter, 1/2 lb. of pounded loaf sugar, 3 eggs, 1 teacupful of cream, 1/2 lb. of currants, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, essence of lemon, or almonds to taste.

Mode.—Work the butter to a cream; dredge in the flour, add the sugar and currants, and mix the ingredients well together. Whisk the eggs, mix them with the cream and flavouring, and stir these to the flour; add the carbonate of soda, beat the paste well for 10 minutes, put it into small buttered pans, and bake the cake from 1/4 to 1/2 hour.

Grated lemon-rind may be substituted for the lemon and almond flavouring, which will make the cakes equally nice.

Time. 1/4 to 1/2 hour.

Average cost, 1s. 9d.

Seasonable at any time.

Notes

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