Cabinet Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 doz. cherries or raisins
• two or three pieces of angelica
• 4 sponge cakes
• half a dozen ratafias
• 1 oz. of loaf sugar
• 15 drops of essence of Vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 pint of milk

Method

1. 1

   Butter a pint and a half mould, decorate the bottom with cherries or raisins and angelica.

2. 2

   Fill with pieces of sponge cake and ratafias.

3. 3

   Whip eggs and sugar, then stir in milk.

4. 4

   Pour mixture into the mould.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CABINET PUDDING. Average cost of " Cabinet Pudding" (about one pint and a half). INGREDIENTS. 5. a. 1 doz. cherries or raisins and two or three I 0 xjl pieces of angelica / z 4 sponge cakes and h a doz. ratafias o 7 1 oz. of loaf sugar and 15 drops of essence I t of Vanilla j 0 °* 4 eggs o 4 1 pint of milk o 2J Time required, about one hour. Now we will show you how to make a Cabinet Pudding. 1. We take a pint and a half mould y and butter it inside with our fingers. 2. We take a dozen raisins, or dried cherries, and two or three pieces of angelica, and ornament the bottom of the mould with them. 3. We take four sponge cakes and break them in pieces. 4. We partly fill the mould with pieces of cake and half a dozen ratafias

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.