Composition Cake

Name: Composition Cake
Ingredients: one and three-quarters pounds of flour; a pound and a quarter of sugar; twelve ounces of butter; three gills of milk; six eggs; two pounds of seedless plums; half a gill of brandy; a gill of spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice); a heaping teaspoonful of soda

From Jane Hamilton's recipes, 1909

Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Jane Hamilton's recipes (1909) by Charlotte Mason Poindexter, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COMPOSITION CAKE. One and three-quarters pounds of flour, a pound and a quarter of sugar, twelve ounces of butter, three gills of milk, six eggs, two pounds of seedless plums, half a gill of brandy, a gill of spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice) pounded very fine, and a heaping teaspoonful of soda

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