Black Cake

Ingredients

• one pound of browned flour
• one pound of fresh butter
• one pound of brown sugar
• one pound of citron
• twelve eggs
• two pounds of raisins
• two pounds of currants
• two table-spoonfuls of mace and cinnamon mixed
• two nutmegs powdered
• a large glass of wine and brandy
• half a wine-glass full of rose water

Method

1. 1

   Put a layer of the cake mixture in the pan and then a layer of sliced citron, and so on until all is in.

2. 2

   Bake slowly for two hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Household hints (1881) by Emma Whitcomb Babcock, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Cake. — One pound of browned flour, one pound of fresh butter, one pound of brown sugar, one pound of citron, twelve eggs, two pounds of raisins, two pounds of currants, two table-spoonfuls of mace and cinnamon mixed, two nutmegs powdered, a large glass of wine and brandy, half a wine-glass full of rose water

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