An excellent 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 (7)

half a pound of sifted sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
the same quantity of fresh butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pound of flour well dried ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
six eggs, leaving out four whites ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
one table-spoonful of brandy ↝ Brandy [Liquor and cocktails]
Currants or caraways ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
caraways ↝ Cheese, caraway [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (5)

Beat half a pound of sifted sugar and the same quantity of fresh butter to a cream, in a basin made warm.
Mix in half a pound of flour well dried, six eggs (leaving out four whites), and one tablespoonful of brandy.
The butter is to be beaten in first, then the flour, next the sugar, the eggs, and lastly, the brandy.
Currants or caraways may be added at pleasure.
It must be beaten an hour, and put in the oven immediately.

Original Text

An excellent Cake.

Beat half a pound of sifted sugar and the same quantity of fresh butter to a cream, in a basin made warm; mixing half a pound of flour well dried, six eggs, leaving out four whites, and one table-spoonful of brandy. The butter is to be beaten in first, then the flour, next the sugar, the eggs, and lastly, the brandy. Currants or caraways may be added at pleasure. It must be beaten an hour, and put in the oven immediately.

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