Spice 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 (16)

3/4 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
10 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 wine-glass brandy ↝ Brandy [Liquor and cocktails]
1 " sherry
1 " molasses or treacle ↝ Molasses [Sweets]
1 " milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
4 lbs. raisins ↝ Raisins [Dried fruits]
2 lbs. currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1 lb. citron-peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1 tea-spoon soda
1 table-spoon cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
2 tea-spoons cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 grated nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
1/4 lb. chopped almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]

Instructions (5)

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.
Add the well beaten eggs, brandy, wine, molasses and milk, in which the soda should be dissolved.
Then the spices and flour.
Stir well together and then add the fruit, which must be well mixed.
Bake in two large tins for three or four hours.

Original Text

Spice Cake

³⁄₄ lb. butter 1 lb. sugar 1 lb. flour 10 eggs 1 wine-glass brandy 1 ” sherry 1 ” molasses or treacle 1 ” milk 4 lbs. raisins 2 lbs. currants 1 lb. citron-peel 1 tea-spoon soda 1 table-spoon cinnamon 2 tea-spoons cloves 1 grated nutmeg ¹⁄₄ lb. chopped almonds

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Add the well beaten eggs, brandy, wine, molasses and milk, in which the soda should be dissolved. Then the spices and flour. Stir well together and then add the fruit, which must be well mixed. Bake in two large tins for three or four hours.

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