Annie's (Rich) Cake

Ingredients

• one pound of butter
• one pound of lard
• four pounds of flour
• a salt-spoonful of salt
• twelve teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• two pounds of sugar
• one pound of raisins
• three pounds of currants
• half a pound of chopped candied lemon
• a teaspoonful of mixed spices
• eight eggs well beaten
• Mix lightly with new milk.

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter and lard into flour, add salt, baking powder, sugar, raisins, currants, chopped candied lemon, mixed spices, and beaten eggs.

2. 2

   Mix with new milk and bake in a quick oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 24 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two pounds of sugar, a few cloves, and a little cinnamon. The angelica must infuse for two months in a close vessel before it is strained and bottled. Probable cost, per pint, 3d., exclusive of the brandy. Annie's (Rich) Cake. — Rub one pound of butter and one pound of lard into four j^ounds of flour ; add a salt-spoonful of salt, twelve tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, two poimds of sugar, one pound of i-aisins, three pounds of cm-rants, half a pound of chopped candied lemon, citron, and orange-peel mixed, a tea- spoonful of mixed spices, and eight eggs well beaten. Mix lightly with new milk.

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