Seed Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

1 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3/4 lb. powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
6 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
3/4 oz. carraway seeds ↝ Seeds, lotus seeds, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
1 wine-glass brandy ↝ Brandy [Liquor and cocktails]

Instructions (6)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Add the sugar.
Beat well together.
Beat the whole eggs and brandy together until very light.
Add them and the flour alternately to the mixture, beating well, and then the carraway seeds.
Bake in a greased tin in a moderate oven.

Original Text

*Seed Cake

1 lb. butter ³⁄₄ lb. powdered sugar 1 lb. flour 6 eggs ³⁄₄ oz. carraway seeds 1 wine-glass brandy

Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar. Beat well together. Beat the whole eggs and brandy together until very light. Add them and the flour alternately to the mixture, beating well, and then the carraway seeds. Bake in a greased tin in a moderate oven.

[Pg 57]

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