Economical Cake

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

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

1 lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/4 lb. of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/4 lb. of butter or lard ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2 lb. of currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
the whites of 4 eggs ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
1/2 pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (6)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Well whisk the whites of the eggs.
Stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the oven.
When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the soda.
Put the cake into a buttered mould.
Bake it in a moderate oven for 1-1/2 hour.

Original Text

ECONOMICAL CAKE.

[Illustration: CAKE-MOULD.]

1756. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of sugar, 1/4 lb. of butter or lard, 1/2 lb. of currants, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, the whites of 4 eggs, 1/2 pint of milk.

Mode,—In making many sweet dishes, the whites of eggs are not required, and if well beaten and added to the above ingredients, make an excellent cake, with or without currants. Beat the butter to a cream, well whisk the whites of the eggs, and stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the oven. When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the soda, put the cake into a buttered mould, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1-1/2 hour.

Time.—1-1/2 hour. Average cost, 1s. 3d.

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