Plain Christmas Cake

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House · Conrad, Jessie · 1923

Source: A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
Time: Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status: success · extracted 14 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

one pound flour (household, not self-raising) ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
half a pound of currants which have been carefully washed and dried (this is best done in a cullender under the tap and rubbed dry on a clean white cloth) ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pound of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
two ounces of candied lemon peel cut into thin strips ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
three eggs well beaten, whites and yolks together ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pint of milk, sour will do ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (2)

Place the flour in the pastry bowl, thoroughly mix the baking-powder into it, rub in the butter, add the sugar and currants and peel, stir in the eggs, and mix all together with the milk.
Butter your cake tin and line it with a buttered sheet of white cooking paper, bake in a steady but gentle oven for one and a half hours.

Original Text

Plain Christmas Cake

Take one pound flour (household, not self-raising), half a pound of currants which have been carefully washed and dried (this is best done in a cullender under the tap and rubbed dry on a clean white cloth), half a pound of butter, half a pound of sugar, two ounces of candied lemon peel cut into thin strips, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, three eggs well beaten, whites and yolks together, and half a pint of milk, sour will do.

Place the flour in the pastry bowl, thoroughly mix the baking-powder into it, rub in the butter, add the sugar and currants and peel, stir in the eggs, and mix all together with the milk. Butter your cake tin and line it with a buttered sheet of white cooking paper, bake in a steady but gentle oven for one and a half hours.

[Pg 132]

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