Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• 1 lb. butter
• 1 lb. ground rice
• 1 lb. brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 lb. sultanas
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 lb. currants
• 1 packet spice (mixed)
• 1 lb. raisins
• 2 tablespoons caramel
• 4 lb. candied peel
• 8 eggs
• + lb. almonds

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, baking powder, ground rice, cinnamon, spice.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar; when thoroughly creamed add eggs, one at a time, and beat them in well; add fruit and flour alternately until all is used, and colour with caramel.

3. 3

   Put into cake tin lined with paper, and bake 4 or 5 hours in a moderate oven (375 deg.).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Christmas Cake. 1 lb. flour. 1 lb. butter. 1 lb. ground rice. 1 lb. brown sugar. 1 teaspoon baking powder. 1 ib. sultanas. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 lb. currants. 1 packet spice (mixed). 1 lb. raisins. 2 tablespoons caramel. 4 lb. candied peel. 8 eggs. + lb. almonds

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