Imperial Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ^ pound seeded raisins
• hi cup sliced blanched almonds
• ^ pound flour
• V4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Add 1 whole egg and beat hard until incorporated.

4. 4

   Stir in some of the flour.

5. 5

   Alternate eggs and flour in same way until all the eggs are added, then beat hard for 10 minutes.

6. 6

   Add lemon juice, almonds, and dredged raisins.

7. 7

   Line loaf-pan with 3 thicknesses paper.

8. 8

   Bake in moderate oven about 1.25 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The royal baker and pastry cook (1902) by New York Cooking School, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Imperial Cake. — 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, 1 table- spoon lemon juice, ^ pound seeded raisins, hi cup sliced blanched almonds, hi pound flour, V4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder

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