Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited
A Nice Useful Cake
450g (1lb) Flour
235ml (8floz) Milk
170g (6oz) Currants
110g (4oz) Butter
110g (4oz) Sugar
50g (2oz) Sweet Almonds
25g (1oz) Candied Peel
3 Eggs
2 tsp Baking Powder
Cream the butter.
Wash, pick and dry the currants.
Whisk the eggs.
Blanch and chop the almonds and cut the peel into neat slices.
When all these are ready, mix the dry ingredients together.
Add the butter, milk and eggs and beat the mixture well for a few minutes.
Put the cake into a buttered mould or tin.
Bake for rather more than 1½ hours.
The currants and candied peel may be omitted and a little lemon or almond flavouring substituted for them, made in this manner, the cake will be found very good.
Time: Rather more than 1½ hours.
A NICE USEFUL CAKE
1757. INGREDIENTS - 1/4 lb. of butter, 6 oz. of currants, 1/4 lb. of sugar 1 lb. of dried flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, 3 eggs, 1 teacupful of milk, 2 oz. of sweet almonds, 1 oz. of candied peel.
Mode - Beat the butter to a cream; wash, pick, and dry the currants; whisk the eggs; blanch and chop the almonds, and cut the peel into neat slices. When all these are ready, mix the dry ingredients together; then add the butter, milk, and eggs, and beat the mixture well for a few minutes. Put the cake into a buttered mould or tin, and bake it for rather more than 1-1/2 hour. The currants and candied peel may be omitted, and a little lemon or almond flavouring substituted for them: made in this manner, the cake will be found very good.
Time - Rather more than 1-1/2 hour.
Average cost, 1s. 9d.
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