Banbury Cake
From The thorough good cook, 1895
Serves 8
Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The thorough good cook (1895) by George Augustus Sala, page 216. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Banbury Cake. Take a peck of pure wheat-Hour, six pounds of currants, hah' a pound of sugar, two pounds of butter, half an ounce of cloves and mace, a pint and a half of ale yeast, and a little rose-water
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