Aunt Edward's Christmas Cake
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 10
Time to bake: an hour and a half. Sufficient for two moderate-sized cakes.
Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 183. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Aunt Edward's Christmas Cake (Economical). — Blend thoroughly one pound of flour, a jiinch of salt, one heaped tea-spoon- ful of baking powder, two ounces of butter, and two ounces of lard, a quarter of a pound of sugar, half a pound of currants, candied lemon-peel and spices to taste. Mix rather lightly -u-ith new milk
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