Imperial Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of butter
• the same of sugar
• the same of flour
• two wine-glasses of brandy
• one pound of raisins
• half a pound of citron
• one pound of almonds blanched and split in half
• half a teaspoon of soda in a very little milk
• ten eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix like pound-cake, leaving out two tablespoonsful of the flour to stir through the fruit.

2. 2

   Stone the raisins and cut the citron in little strips; add the fruit last, and stir in the soda just before you add it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Imperial Cake. One pound of butter, the same of sugar, and the same of flour, two wine-glasses of brandy, one pound of raisins, half a pound of citron, one pound of almonds blanched and split in half, half a teaspoon of soda in a very little milk, and ten eggs

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