Cake Sultana

Ingredients

• &lb. of flour
• a short teaspoonful of baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 4oz. of clarified dripping or butter
• 4oz. moist or caster sugar
• a teaspoonful of grated lemou rind
• 4oz. of sultanas
• the yolks of two eggs
• about two tablespoonfuls of milk
• the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, baking powder, and salt.

2. 2

   Rub in clarified dripping or butter.

3. 3

   Add sugar, lemon rind, and sultanas.

4. 4

   Moisten with beaten yolks and milk.

5. 5

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

6. 6

   Bake in a well-buttered mould dusted with flour and sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cake Sultana. — Mix together &lb. of flour, a short tea- spoonful of baking powder, and a pinch of salt, then rub into it 4oz. of clarified dripping or butter. 4oz. moist or CAKES. 113 caster sugar, a teaspoouful of grated lemou rind, and 4oz. of sultanas (or dried cherries, in which case use caster sugar instead of moist) ; moisten with the yolks of two eggs lightly beaten with about two tablespoonfuls of milk (if too moist, like other cakes, this one will be heavy), and add in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth

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