Composition Cake

Ingredients

• One and one-half quarts of flour
• half a pint of sour milk
• one pint of butter
• three-fourths of a quart of sugar
• eight eggs
• one wine-glass of wine
• and one of brandy
• one scant teaspoonful of soda
• one cupful of raisins, stoned and chopped
• two pounds of currants
• half a pound of citron
• a nutmeg
• two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
• one of allspice
• one of mace
• halt a teaspoonful of clove

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream, and add the sugar, gradually, the well-beaten eggs, the spice, wine and brandy.

2. 2

   Dissolve the soda in a tablespoonful of hot water; stir into the sour milk, and add to the other ingredients.

3. 3

   Then add the flour, and lastly the fruit.

4. 4

   Bake two hours in well-buttered pans in a moderate oven.

5. 5

   This will make three loaves.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 159. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Composition Cake. One and one -half quarts of flour, half a pint of sour milk, one pint of butter, three-fourths of a quart of sugar, eight eggs, one wine-glass of wine and one of brandy, one scant teaspoonful of soda, one cupful of raisins, stoned and chopped ; two pounds of currants, half a pound of citron, a nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one of allspice, one of mace, halt a teaspoonful of clove

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