Loaf Cake

Ingredients

• Two quarts of sugar
• seven cupfuls of butter
• six quarts of sifted flour
• six pounds of fruit
• one pint of wine
• one pint of yeast
• eight nutmegs
• mace
• twelve eggs
• one quart of milk

Method

1. 1

   Put in half the butter and eggs, and the milk, flavor and yeast, and beat thoroughly.

2. 2

   In the evening add the remainder of the butter, rubbing it with the sugar, the rest of the eggs, and the spice.

3. 3

   Let the cake rise again until morning; then add the fruit.

4. 4

   Put in deep pans, and let rise about half an hour.

5. 5

   Bake from two to three hours in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 160. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Loaf Cake. Two quarts of sugar, seven cupfuls of butter, six quarts ot sifted flour, six pounds of fruit, one pint of wine, one pint of yeast, eight nutmegs, mace, twelve eggs, one quart of milk

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