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Currant Cakes

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 4

Makes about one dozen cakes.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 440. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two ounces of currants ; rub a quarter of a pound of fresh butter into half a pound of flour, add the currants, a little grated nutmeg, and four table-spoonfuls of sugar. ]Mix aU together with two well-beaten eggs, a table-spoonful of brandy, and sufficient new milk to make a light CUR (

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