Birthday Cake

Ingredients

• 4 lb. of Valencia raisins, stoned and cut in quarters
• 4 lb. of mixed peel, chopped
• f lb. of sweet almonds, chopped
• Grated rind of 2 lemons
• 4 teaspoonful of ground mace
• j nutmeg, grated
• (6 es'H's)

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar together, add the flour and yolks of the eggs, beat the whites to a firm froth, then stir them in lightly with a metal spoon.

2. 2

   Add all the other ingredients, mix well.

3. 3

   Pour into a cake-tin lined with foolscap, not greased, and bake in a moderate oven nearly two hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic and economical cookery recipes (1897) by Lillie Richmond, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BIRTHDAY CAKE. INGREDIENTS. 4 lb. of Valencia raisins, stoned and cut in quarters 4 lb. of mixed peel, chopped f lb. of sweet almonds, chopped Grated rind of 2 lemons 4 teaspoonful of ground mace .j nutmeg, grated

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