Coburg Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Time: Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (12)

3 cups flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 cup sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/2 cup syrup ↝ Syrup, NFS [Jams, syrups, toppings]
1/2 cup water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
1 cup butter milk (or sour milk) ↝ Buttermilk [Milk, whole]
1/2 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 tea-spoons soda
2 tea-spoons ground ginger ↝ Spices, ginger, ground [Spices and Herbs]
2 tea-spoons ground cinnamon ↝ Spices, cinnamon, ground [Spices and Herbs]
1 tea-spoon allspice ↝ Spices, allspice, ground [Spices and Herbs]
2 ozs. sweet almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]

Instructions (5)

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream.
Whisk the eggs till light and creamy and mix with the butter.
Add the syrup, water, spices and flour, mixing thoroughly, and lastly the soda dissolved in a little boiling water.
Blanch and chop the almonds, and sprinkle them in the bottom of the patty pans.
Pour in the mixture and bake in a quick oven for about twenty minutes.

Original Text

Coburg Cake

3 cups flour 1 cup sugar ¹⁄₂ cup syrup ¹⁄₂ cup water 1 cup butter milk (or sour milk) ¹⁄₂ lb. butter 3 eggs 2 tea-spoons soda 2 tea-spoons ground ginger 2 tea-spoons ground cinnamon 1 tea-spoon allspice 2 ozs. sweet almonds

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Whisk the eggs till light and creamy and mix with the butter. Add the syrup, water, spices and flour, mixing thoroughly, and lastly the soda dissolved in a little boiling water.

Blanch and chop the almonds, and sprinkle them in the bottom of the patty pans. Pour in the mixture and bake in a quick oven for about twenty minutes.

[Pg 96]

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