Holiday Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• £ lb. butter
• I lb. currants
• £ lb. mixed peel
• I lb. sultanas
• £ lb. Demerara sugar
• 2 tea-sps. mixed spice
• ! pint stout
• 1 tea-sp. carbonate of soda
• 4 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the fruit carefully, and mix it with a little of the flour.

2. 2

   Put the rest of the flour into a large basin, and rub in the butter until free from lumps.

3. 3

   Add the fruit and other dry ingredients except the soda, mix all together, and make a well in the centre.

4. 4

   Heat the stout in a small saucepan and add the soda to it.

5. 5

   Mix quickly, and while still frothy pour it into the centre of the dry ingredients.

6. 6

   Add the eggs well beaten, and beat all together for 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Pour the mixture into a lined cake tin, and bake in a slow oven until well risen and firm to the touch.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 929. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Holiday Cake 1 lb. flour. £ lb. butter. I lb. currants. £ lb. mixed peel. I lb. sultanas. £ lb. Demerara sugar. 2 tea-sps. mixed spice. ! pint stout. Rind of 1 lemon. 1 tea-sp. carbonate of soda. 4 eggs

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.