Loaf Cake

Name: Loaf Cake
Ingredients: One pound of butter beaten to a cream; two pounds of sugar rolled fine; three pounds of sifted wheat flour; six well beaten eggs; three teaspoonfuls of powdered saleratus; one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon; half a nutmeg grated; one pound of currants, well washed and dried; one pound of raisins stoned and cut in two

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Loaf Cake.— One pound of butter beaten to a cream, two pounds of sugar rolled fine, three pounds of sifted wheat flour, six well beaten eggs, three teaspoonfuls of powdered saleratus 204 HOUSEHOLD. dissolved in a little hot water, one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, and half a nutmeg grated; add one pound of cur- rants, well washed and dried, one pound of raisins stoned and cut in two

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