Soda Cake

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Time: Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

1 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 lb. crushed lump sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/2 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 lb. sultanas ↝ Apricots, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/4 lb. mixed peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 small tea-cup milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
1 small tea-spoon carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
1 full tea-spoon cream of tartar ↝ Leavening agents, cream of tartar [Baked Products]

Instructions (11)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Add the sugar, which need not be too finely crushed.
Beat the eggs well.
Add them to the butter and sugar, beating hard.
Mix the soda with the milk.
Mix the cream of tartar with the flour.
Add to the mixture alternately.
Add the sultanas and finely cut peel.
Mix all very well.
Bake for two hours or more in a tin lined with greased paper.
The oven should be fairly hot at first and then moderate for the rest of the time.

Original Text

*Soda Cake

1 lb. flour ¹⁄₂ lb. crushed lump sugar ¹⁄₂ lb. butter 1 lb. sultanas ¹⁄₄ lb. mixed peel 3 eggs 1 small tea-cup milk 1 small tea-spoon carbonate of soda 1 full tea-spoon cream of tartar

Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar, which need not be too finely crushed. Beat the eggs well. Add them to the butter and sugar, beating hard. Mix the soda with the milk and the cream of tartar with the flour. Add to the mixture alternately. Add the sultanas and finely cut peel. Mix all very well. Bake for two hours or more in a tin lined with greased paper. The oven should be fairly hot at first and then moderate for the rest of the time.

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