Delicious Cake

Ingredients

• Half a pound of Flour
• Half a pound of Butter
• Six ounces of Sugar
• Two ounces of Candied Peel
• Quarter of a pound of Almonds
• One teaspoonful of Mixed Spice
• Grated rind of an Orange and Lemon
• Four Eggs

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream, add the yolks of the eggs and the sugar; and beat well.

2. 2

   Stir in the flour, chopped candied peel, blanched and pounded almonds.

3. 3

   Grate the orange and lemon rind, add these with the spice to the other ingredients.

4. 4

   Beat in each ingredient well before adding the next.

5. 5

   Whisk the whites to a stiff froth and add to the mixture.

6. 6

   Pour into a cake tin lined with four folds of greased paper and bake in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DELICIOUS CAKE Ingredients : Half a pound of Flour Half a pound of Butter Six ounces of Sugar Two ounces of Candied Peel Quarter of a pound of Almonds One teaspoonful of Mixed Spice Grated rind of an Orange and Lemon Four Eggs

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