Martha Washington Tea Cake

Ingredients

• One and one-quarter pounds of sugar
• two pounds of flour
• one-half pound of butter
• one pound of raisins
• one pound of currants
• one-half pound of citron
• six eggs
• one pint of sour cream
• one teaspoonful of soda
• mace and nutmeg each
• juice of one lemon
• rind of two lemons

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and bake until done.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

juice of one lemon. Anna Blanche Lane. Ice Cream Cake. Plain white cake baked in layers. Frosting. — Two cups of granulated sugar, one-half cup boiling water, let boil without stirring until it strings; pour this on the beaten whites of four eggs. Beat with a tablespoon for two minutes. Add one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and one-half teaspoon of powdered citric acid. Spread on layers. Ellen E. Hubbard. Ice Cream Cake. One cup butter, two cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, five whites of eggs, three cups sifted flour, three teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla. Icing. — Two cups sugar, live tablespoons water, whites of two eggs. Mrs. Barrett. Spice Cake. Four eggs, one cup butter, two cups sugar, one cup sour milk, three cups flour, two teaspoons ground cinnamon, ground cloves, one teaspoon soda in a little hot water, stir eggs, sugar and butter, beating well, add milk and flour, spice and soda last. Bake in three layers. Put together with boiled icing. Mrs. J. J. Wagoner. Spice Cake. One cup butter, one and one-half cups brown sugar, yolks of Ave eggs, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, two teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, one teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Put together with icing. E. A. Stearns. New Century Cook Book. 175 Spice Cake. One cup of sugar, three eggs, one-half cup butter, one- half cup milk, two and one-half cups flour, two teaspoons cin- namon, one teaspoon cloves, and two teaspoons baking powder. Mrs. B. E. Arntzen. Spice Layer Cake. Four eggs, two cups brown sugar, one-half cup melted butter, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two tea- spoons soda, two teaspoons each of cinnamon, cloves and nut- meg, two cups flour. Filling. — One cup sugar, three tablespoons water, boil five minutes. Beat whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add boiled syrup. Seed and chop one-half pound of raisins. Beat all together until cold, then spread on layers. Mrs. Van Steenberg. Spice Cake. Three eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup sour milk, three- quarters of a cup of butter, three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda in the milk, one cup of raisins, one-half cup of English currants, piece of citron cut up, tablespoonful of cloves and cin- namon each and one-half nutmeg. Mrs. B. F. Head. Martha Washington Tea Cake. One and one-quarter pounds of sugar, two pounds of flour, one-half pound of butter, one pound of raisins, one pound of -currants, one-half pound of citron, six eggs, one pint of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda, mace and nutmeg each, juice of one and rind of two lemons

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