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Genoa Cake

From Liverpool School of Cookery recipe book, 1900
Presented as published in 1900. 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 Liverpool School of Cookery recipe book (1900) by E. E. Mann, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Genoa Cake. 1 lb. butter. 1 lb. sugar. 8 large eggs. 14 lb. flour. 1 lb. currants. Method : Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, add by degrees the beaten egg and siftecl' flour, then add the other ingredients. Put the mixture into square tins lined with paper, having the mixture not more than 3 inches deep. Sprinkle with almonds cut in strips and with powdered sugar. Bake in a moderate oven. 1 lb. sultanas. ^ lb. mixed peel. Grated rind of 1 lemon. \ lb. blanched almonds

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