Beat the butter and sugar to a cream ; add eggs singly, and
without being beaten ; mix in the flour gradually ; and last add the
peel (cut into small pieces) and the raisins, which should be washed
and dried. Bake in a moderate oven for about an hour and a half.
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POUND CAKE*
ingredients.
§ Lb. Flour.
\ Lb. Castor Sugar.
1 Lb. Currants✪ Christmas Cake.
5 Eggs.
! Lb. Butter.
1 Lb. Sultanas.
4 Ozs. Mixed Peel.
A Pinch Salt.
X Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
ftleihed.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add flour (sifted), with
baking powder and salt, by degrees ; add eggs, one by one, beating
all thoroughly with the hand ; stir in fruit ; place in baldng tin
lined with well-buttered paper, and bake in moderate oven about two
hours.
ALMOND SIMNEL.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Castor Sugar,
io Ozs. Flour.
2 Ozs. Mixed Peel.
6 Ozs. Butter.
i Lb. Currants.
4 Eggs.
i Teaspoonful Powder.
A Little Nutmeg.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to cream ; beat eggs well and add ; mix
baking powder with flour and add gradually ; add fruit and flavouring ;
mix well and half fill a cake tin greased and lined with greased paper ;
put in half the almond paste (see below) ; fill tin with cake mixture ;
bake for four hours in slow oven. Before cake is fully baked, take
remainder of almond paste ; brush top of cake round the edge with white
of egg, and place thick ring of paste thereon.
For Almond Paste. — Ingredients— -6 ozs. ground almonds ; 4J ozs.
castor sugar ; 2 eggs (whites only). Method — Mix ingredients well
together ; stir in saucepan over slow fire till it forms a ©aste.
GENOA CAKE.
Ingredients.
| Lb. Butter.
\ Lb. Sultanas.
2 Ozs. Mixed Peel.
5 Eggs.
£ Lb. Castor Sugar.
Method.
1 Teaspoonful Baking
Powder,
io Ozs. Flour.
2 Ozs. Sweet Almonds.
Rind of Lemon (Grated).
Beat butter to cream ; add sugar, and beat well \ beat eggs,
and add alternately with flour (to which the baking powder has been
added) ; add peel (finely chopped) ; add sultanas and grated rind of
lemon ; turn into a tin lined with greased paper ; bake for an hour
and a half. When cake has been in oven for one hour, slice almonds
and lay on top.
WALNUT CAKE.
ingredients.
4 Eggs. JLb. Sugar,
£ Lb. Flour. 4 Ozs. Butter.
i Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Beat sugar and eggs for twenty minutes ; add butter (melted),
and stir in flour as lightly as possible, having previously added baking
powder, a pinch of salt and flavouring according to taste. Half the
mixture, and pour one part into a well-buttered tin ; colour the other
half, and do likewise. When cake is cooked, cut each piece in half,
and ice each piece. Put one on top of the other, to make cake of
four layers. Ice the top, and ornament with walnuts.
Icing. — £ lb. butter ; | lb. icing sugar ; £ lb, walnuts.
ORANGE CAKE.
ingredients,
i Lb. Flour. | Lb. Butter.
i Lb. Castor Sugar. 2 Oranges.
A Little Icing Sugar. 4 Eggs.
1 Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Method. ✪ Fruit Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream ; add eggs singly, and without being beaten ; mix in the flour gradually ; and last add the peel (cut into small pieces) and the raisins, which should be washed and dried. Bake in a moderate oven for about an hour and a half.
POUND CAKE*
ingredients.
§ Lb. Flour.
\ Lb. Castor Sugar. 1 Lb. Currants.
5 Eggs.
! Lb. Butter.
1 Lb. Sultanas.
4 Ozs. Mixed Peel. A Pinch Salt.
X Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
ftleihed.
Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; add flour (sifted), with baking powder and salt, by degrees ; add eggs, one by one, beating all thoroughly with the hand ; stir in fruit ; place in baking tin lined with well-buttered paper, and bake in moderate oven about two
hours.
ALMOND SIMNEL.
Ingredients.
6 Ozs. Castor Sugar, io Ozs. Flour.
2 Ozs. Mixed Peel.
6 Ozs. Butter.
i Lb. Currants.
4 Eggs.
i Teaspoonful Powder. A Little Nutmeg.
Method.
Beat butter and sugar to cream ; beat eggs well and add ; mix baking powder with flour and add gradually ; add fruit and flavouring ; mix well and half fill a cake tin greased and lined with greased paper ; put in half the almond paste (see below) ; fill tin with cake mixture ; bake for four hours in slow oven. Before cake is fully baked, take remainder of almond paste ; brush top of cake round the edge with white of egg, and place thick ring of paste thereon.
For Almond Paste. — Ingredients— -6 ozs. ground almonds ; 4J ozs. castor sugar ; 2 eggs (whites only). Method — Mix ingredients well together ; stir in saucepan over slow fire till it forms a paste.
GENOA CAKE.
Ingredients.
| Lb. Butter.
\ Lb. Sultanas.
2 Ozs. Mixed Peel. 5 Eggs.
£ Lb. Castor Sugar.
Method.
1 Teaspoonful Baking
Powder, io Ozs. Flour.
2 Ozs. Sweet Almonds. Rind of Lemon (Grated).
Beat butter to cream ; add sugar, and beat well \ beat eggs, and add alternately with flour (to which the baking powder has been added) ; add peel (finely chopped) ; add sultanas and grated rind of lemon ; turn into a tin lined with greased paper ; bake for an hour
and a half. When cake has been in oven for one hour, slice almonds and lay on top.
WALNUT CAKE.
ingredients.
4 Eggs. JLb. Sugar,
£ Lb. Flour. 4 Ozs. Butter.
i Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Beat sugar and eggs for twenty minutes ; add butter (melted), and stir in flour as lightly as possible, having previously added baking powder, a pinch of salt and flavouring according to taste. Half the mixture, and pour one part into a well-buttered tin ; colour the other half, and do likewise. When cake is cooked, cut each piece in half, and ice each piece. Put one on top of the other, to make cake of four layers. Ice the top, and ornament with walnuts.
Icing. — £ lb. butter ; | lb. icing sugar ; £ lb, walnuts.
ORANGE CAKE.
ingredients,
i Lb. Flour. | Lb. Butter.
i Lb. Castor Sugar. 2 Oranges.
A Little Icing Sugar. 4 Eggs.
1 Teaspoonful Baking Powder.
Method.
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