Clear Plum Cake

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (3)

jelly base

apple jelly rather strong ↝ Apple, raw [Apples]
as many white pear plums as will give a flavour to the jelly ↝ Plums, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
as many pounds of fine sugar for a candy as you had pints of jelly

Instructions (5)

Make apple jelly rather strong, and strain it through a woollen bag.
Put as many white pear plums as will give a flavour to the jelly; let it boil; strain it again through the bag.
Boil up as many pounds of fine sugar for a candy as you had pints of jelly.
When your sugar is boiled very high, add your jelly; just scald it over the fire.
Put it in little pots, and let it stand with a constant fire.

Original Text

Clear Plum Cake.

Make apple jelly rather strong, and strain it through a woollen bag. Put as many white pear plums as will give a flavour to the jelly; let it boil; strain it again through the bag, and boil up as many pounds of fine sugar for a candy as you had pints of jelly; and when your sugar is boiled very high, add your jelly; just scald it over the fire; put it in little pots, and let it stand with a constant fire.

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