Black Cake

Ingredients

• One and one-half pounds flour
• one and three-fourth pounds butter
• one and three-fourth pounds sugar
• eighteen eggs
• four pounds raisins
• three pounds currants
• two pounds of citron
• three tablespoonfuls mixed spices
• four nutmegs
• two large glasses brandy
• one of rose water

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and bake slowly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Popular cook book (1899) by Seeman Printery, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK CAKE, Cream one pound butter, break one pound eggs in a pitcher near the fire to warm, one pound flour, one pound brown sugar, two poundsseeded raisins, one pound currants, half pound citron, one pound blanched almonds, cut fine; two wine glasses brandy, half ounce cloves one nutmeg, one gill of molasses; warm all these ingredients [ 90 ] before mixing and beat with the hand, first eggs and sugar then add. butter, flour, currants and raisins. Mrs. SAUNDERS. DELICIOUS CAKE. One-half cup sugar, two thirds cups butter, cream them together, add the whites of five eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, then add one-half corn starch dissolved in a little sweet milk, stir in not quite two-thirds cup sweet milk and two-and-a-half cups sifted flour, two teaspoon- fuls baking powder and one of vanilla. FILLING. One-half cup water, one and one-half cups white sugar; let it boil a few minutes until it drops thick and heavy, then pour on the whites of eggs, beaten very stiff and a spoonful of lemon. This cake to give perfect satisfaction should be four days old. Delicious cake. Mrs. BK. M. GRAHAM. CHOCOLATE CAEN O28). Four eggs, two cups brown sugar, one-half cup butter, two cups flour, one teaspoonful soda sifted with flour, one-half cake Baker’s chocolate grated and melted, one- half cup sweet milk. Use coffee cup for measuring. Bake in layers (four) and put together with boiled icing flavored with vanilla and cover cake with same. MRs.+ C. 2C i DAYLOR, BUACK CHOCOUA TH "CAKES amu: Take one cake Baker’s chocolate and grate it, the yolks of three eggs, two cups brown sugar, one cup sweet [ 91 | milk; cook until it thickens, after it cools, add the following batter: one cup butter, two cups brown sugar, four eggs, four cups sifted flour, one cup sweet milk, one tablespoonful vanilla, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little milk; bake in layers. For the icing: take the whites three eggs, three cups sugar and juice one lemon. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth; boil the sugar with a small cup water until it ropes, then pour it in the eggs and stir hard. Excellent. MAMIE Down. DIgACK “CAKE, One and one-half pounds flour, one and three-fourth pounds butter, one and three-fourth pounds sugar, eight- een eggs, four pounds raisins, three pounes currants, two pounds of citron, three tablespoonfuls mixed spices, cinnamon, mace and sinall quantity of cloves, four nut- megs, two large glasses brandy and wine, one of rose water

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