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2 lb. Currants. 8 Eggs. I lb. Raisins. i wineglass of Brandy. 20 drops Essence of Almonds. Beat the butter to a cream ; then add sugar and eggs, well beaten ; then spice and candied fruit and brandy ; adding flour last. Beat all together very well, and at the last add gradually one packet of baking powder. Put into buttered mould. Bake one hour and a half. CAKE (POUND). (Mrs. Daniel Cloete's Book.) Ingredients. I lb. of Flour. 4 Eggs. 1 cup of Currants. i breakfast-cup of Milk. 1 lb. Loaf Sugar. J Nutmeg (grated). 4 lb. Butter. i teaspoon Baking Powder. Some Citron Preserve (cut small). Mix butter, whipped to a cream, with sugar; then yolks, then flour, etc. ; lastly whites, whisked to a stiff froth. The baking powder to be mixed dry with the flour. Bake for one hour and a half in a moderate oven. Good. a6 CAKE (POUND— PRUSSIAN— QUEEN). [C CAKE {POUND). (Old Cape Recipe. Mrs. Reitx.) Ingredients. 13 Eggs. Teaspoonful of mixed Cinnamon ; lib. Butter. Naartje Peel (Tangerine Orange), I lb. Sugar. dried and powdered ; and some lib. Flour. Nutmeg. Whisk the eggs (whites and yolks) separately. Stir the butter to a cream ; add dry sifted sugar, then yolks, well whisked, then flour and spices, previously well mixed, and lastly, the whites. Have a well-buttered mould, dusted with fine biscuit j a buttered paper on the top of mould. Bake in moderate oven for two hours. CAKE {PRUSSIAN). (Berg River Recipe.) Ingredients, % Eggs. 250 Sweet Almonds, 1 lb. Flour. 20 Bitter Almonds. I lb. White Sugar. Wineglass of Brandy. Whisk the yolks and whites separately. Blanch and pound the almonds. Beat the yolks and sugar together ; then the whites ; add flour, and lastly, almonds. Bake one hour and a half. Vety good cake. CAKE {QUEEN). Ingredients. I lb. Butter. 10 Eggs. I tablespoonful Orange-flower Water. ij lb. of Flour. I lb. White Sugar. 4 lb- Almonds. Beat butter to a cream ; add orange-flower water ; then the sugar (pounded), the eggs beaten very light, a pound and a half of finest flour. Beat all well together; add half a pound of blanched almonds. Butter tins ; line with paper ; put in the mixture an inch and a half deep. Bake in a quick oven one hour. •7 C] CAKE (SILVER— SODA— SPONGE). CAKE {RICE).—See ^. /y^ CAKE {SILVER). Ingredients, 2 cups of Flour. Whites of 4 Eggs. J cup of Butter. 1 teaspoon Cream of Taitar. ij cup of Sugar. I teaspoon Soda. i cup Milk. 20 drops Essence of Almonds. Made the same as Golden Cake ; can be made at the same time. CAKE (SODA). (Mrs. Myburgh's Recipe.] Ingredients, t lb. Flour. Teaspoon of Soda. 4 lb. Sugar. Teaspoon of Cream of Tartar. i lb. Butter. Some Lemon Peel (grated), or 3 Eggs. Cinnamon. 4 lb. Curranti. i pint of Milk. First rub sugar and butter well together. Mix the soda, etc., dry with the flour and currants ; then rub that with butter and sugar ; lastly, add the pint of milk. Put into the oven immediately, and bake an hour and a quarter; Very good and cheap. CAKE (SPONGE). (Mrs. Van der ByL) Ingredients. 10 Eggs. , . , . ^ The Rind of a Lemon (grated) The weight of 9 egg« m Sugar. and the Juice, i lb. of Flour.