Gin-gin Plum Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. each of currants
• 1 lb. flour
• 1 lb. butter
• 1 lb. raisins
• 1 lb. sugar
• 10 eggs
• 2 oz. blanched almonds
• ½ a nutmeg
• 1 oz. allspice
• 1 oz. ground ginger
• 1 pint brandy
• candied peel to taste

Method

1. 1

   First mix the butter, sugar, and spice together, break in the eggs gradually, and beat for twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Stir in the brandy and then the flour; work it well, and add the fruit, split almonds, and candied peel.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven about three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 86. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 lb. flour, 1 lb. butter, | lb. sugar, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, a little raspberry jam. Rub the butter into the flour, and add the sugar and baking powder. Break in the eggs, and if necessary use a very little milk. Knead lightly, and cut into rounds not more than half an inch thick. Spread a little jam on one and put another round on the top, and pinch it together round the edges. Fry in boiling fat for three or four minutes. Fat Rascals. — I lb. flour, % lb. butter, h lb. currants, a little milk. Rub the butter into the flour, add the fruit, and mix into a stiffish dough with the milk. Roll out and bake on a girdle till nicely browned, turning once during the process. Cut into squares, butter, and serve hot. German Pound Cake. —8 oz. of flour, 1 lemon rind grated, 8 oz. of butter, i lb. sultanas, 8 oz. castor sugar, 4 eggs, 2 oz. of candied peel. Work the butter to a cream (a silver fork is the best thing to use), add 2 tablespoons of flour, then 2 table- spoons of sugar and 1 egg ; stir well into the butter with the fork CAKES. 129 and continue mixing the ingredients in this order till all are used up, then grate in the rind of a lemon and add raisins and candied peel ; stir lightly, and pour into a tin lined with greased paper. Bake two hours in a brisk oven. Gin-gin Plum Cake. — 1 lb. each of currants, flour, butter, raisins, and sugar, 10 eggs, 2 oz. blanched almonds, ^ a nutmeg, i oz. allspice, i oz. ground ginger, i pint brandy, candied peel to taste

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