Imperial Cake

Ingredients

• Cream i c butter
• add i c sugar
• the well beaten yolks of 5 eggs
• grated rind of 3^ lemon
• 2 t lemon juice
• i c raisins
• 5^ c walnut meats
• 2 c flour
• % t soda

Method

1. 1

   Beat all ingredients vigorously for 5 minutes, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of 5 eggs.

2. 2

   Turn into a deep buttered pan and bake for 1.5 hours in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 227. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Imperial Cake Cream i c butter, add i c sugar and mix well. Then add the well beaten yolks of 5 eggs, grated rind of 3^ lemon and 2 t lemon juice, i c raisins, seeded, cut in small pieces and dredged in flour, 5^ c walnut meats broken into small pieces, and 2 c flour mixed and sifted with % t soda

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