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Baba with Raisins

From Harper's cook book encyclopædia, 1902

Serves 3

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

  • Yz oz. of German yeast
  • 4 ozs. of sifted flour
  • warm water to a soft dough
  • 12 ozs. of flour
  • 12 ozs. of butter
  • eight well-beaten eggs
  • 1 oz. of pounded sugar
  • a little salt
  • 2 ozs. of finely minced candied citron-peel
  • 2 ozs. of well-dried currants
  • 3 ozs. of stoned raisins

Method

  1. Mix yeast and flour with warm water to a soft dough and let rise.

  2. Rub butter into flour, work into a smooth paste with eggs, sugar, and salt.

  3. Blend the sponge and paste, then mix in citron-peel, currants, and raisins.

  4. Butter a mould, fill it half full, let rise, and bake in a moderate oven for one and a half hours.

Nutrition per serving

808Calories
35 gProtein
132 gCarbs
31 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baba with Raisins. — Mix Yz oz. of German yeast and 4 ozs. of sifted flour with warm water to a soft dough, and put it near the fire to rise. Rub 1 2 ozs. of butter into 12 ozs. of flour ; work it into a smooth paste with eight well- beaten eggs, 1 oz. of pounded sugar, and a little salt. When the paste is ready and the sponge sufficiently risen, blend them well together and mix in 2 ozs. of finely minced candied citron- peel, 2 ozs. of well-dried currants, and 3 ozs. of stoned raisins

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