Plain Sultana 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 (14)

1 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/4 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/4 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/2 lb. sultanas, currants, or raisins ↝ Apricots, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
2 ozs. peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
2 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2 pint milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Alternative method

one tea-spoon baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/4 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
fruit ↝ Kiwi fruit, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]
the flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
the milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (13)

Rub the butter into the flour.
Add the sugar, then the peel cut into small pieces, and well-floured fruit.
Beat the eggs till light and creamy.
Add them to the mixture.
Dissolve the soda in the milk.
Work all together thoroughly with the hands.
Bake at once for an hour to an hour and a half.

Alternative Method

Substitute one tea-spoon baking powder for the carbonate of soda.
Beat the butter to a cream.
Add the sugar, eggs, and fruit, beating all the time.
Mix the baking powder with the flour.
Add the flour to the mixture with the milk and beat well.
Bake about one and a half hours in a moderate oven.

Original Text

Plain Sultana Cake

1 lb. flour ¹⁄₄ lb. butter ¹⁄₄ lb. sugar ¹⁄₂ lb. sultanas, currants, or raisins 2 ozs. peel 2 eggs ¹⁄₂ pint milk

Rub the butter into the flour. Add the sugar, then the peel cut into small pieces, and well-floured fruit. Beat the eggs till light and creamy. Add[Pg 128] them to the mixture. Dissolve the soda in the milk. Work all together thoroughly with the hands. Bake at once for an hour to an hour and a half.

OR,

Substitute one tea-spoon baking powder for the carbonate of soda. Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar, eggs, and fruit, beating all the time. Mix the baking powder with the flour. Add the flour to the mixture with the milk and beat well. Bake about one and a half hours in a moderate oven.

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